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SINGAPORE \u2013 Eight youths, aged between 12 and 15, have been arrested for their involvement in a series of public nuisance cases at a residential unit in Hougang.<\/p>\n
Four other male teenagers are also assisting with investigations, the police said in a statement on Nov 12.<\/p>\n
The police said they received multiple reports of public nuisance at a residential unit in Hougang Avenue 8 between September and November.<\/p>\n
Preliminary investigations revealed that the boys had participated in a prank that was publicised online.<\/p>\n
They visited the unit late at night on multiple occasions, knocking on the doors and windows before fleeing. Occupants and neighbours were reportedly distressed and annoyed.<\/p>\n
Police officers from Ang Mo Kio Police Division established the identities of the youths through ground inquiries and CCTV images, and the eight boys were arrested on Nov 12.<\/p>\n
The police said they are working to identify other individuals who may have been involved.<\/p>\n
Those found guilty of the offence of public nuisance may face a jail term of up to three months and\/or a fine of up to $2,000.<\/p>\n
In their statement, the police warned against participating in online pranks or challenges that may constitute a criminal offence or cause distress to others.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information relating to such acts may contact the police hotline on 1800-255-0000 or submit information online at www.police.gov.sg\/i-witness<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE \u2013 Eight youths, aged between 12 and 15, have been arrested for their involvement in a series of public nuisance cases at a residential…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/99678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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