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17-Year-Old Charged for Trespassing on Simei-Tanah Merah MRT Tracks

His psychiatric evaluation takes place at the Institute of Mental Health before a July 17 court date

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Overview

  • He faces one count of wilfully endangering passenger safety under the Rapid Transit Systems Act and one count of criminal trespass
  • According to charge sheets, he climbed scaffolding along Upper Changi Road East on March 27 to access live tracks
  • SMRT filed a police report in early June after social media footage appeared to show the trespass incident
  • District Judge Brenda Tan approved his remand at the Institute of Mental Health for psychiatric assessment
  • The Land Transport Authority has strengthened barriers at the identified entry point to deter future track incursions