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  • No Deals For German Vandals To Have Charges Reduced

    No Deals For German Vandals To Have Charges Reduced

    Two young German men facing flogging in Singapore for vandalising a train were unable to reach a deal Wednesday to reduce their charges, their lawyer said.

    Christopher Bridges said a district court has yet to reply to his request to have the number of charges against Andreas Von Knorre and Elton Hinz, both 21, reduced.

    Each of them faces three counts of trespassing and one of vandalism allegedly committed in November last year, but the lawyer wants state prosecutors to proceed on just one charge each of trespassing and vandalism.

    Bridges, who attended a closed-door pre-trial conference with the prosecutors and the judge, said another meeting will take place on February 4.

    “There has been no reply yet from the court. We might know more at the next pre-trial conference,” Bridges told reporters after the session.

    The two Germans were accused of breaking into a suburban depot and spray-painting graffiti on the exterior of a metro train cabin last November. The depot is a restricted zone surrounded by fences topped with barbed wire.

    The defence lawyer declined to disclose his instructions from his clients but Singapore media reports said both could plead guilty after a plea bargain.

    The two men were extradited to Singapore by neighbouring Malaysia after they were arrested at Kuala Lumpur International Airport as they were leaving for Australia.

    For trespassing they face up to two years in jail, a fine of up to Sg$1,000 ($800), or both for each count.

    For vandalism, they face up to three years in jail or a fine of up to Sg$2,000, and between three and eight strokes of a rattan cane — a punishment dating back to British colonial rule.

    Both remain in remand at Changi Prison.

    An older sister of Von Knorre’s who attended the hearing told AFP that she visited her brother twice in prison and he seemed to be in good condition.

    “On behalf of my family, I would like to apologise to this country for what my brother did,” she said, requesting anonymity.

    Singapore, a leading Asian financial hub, is well-known for its tough stance on crime.

    The city-state’s vandalism laws became global news in 1994 when an American teenager, Michael Fay, was caned for damaging cars and public property despite appeals for clemency from the US government.

    In 2010, Swiss expatriate Oliver Fricker was sentenced to seven months in jail and three strokes of the cane for vandalising a train at a depot in the city-state.

    Caning entails being whipped with a rattan stick on the back of the thigh below the buttocks, which can split the skin and leave lasting scars.

     

    Source: https://sg.news.yahoo.com

  • 60 Of Estimated 550 Germans in Syria and Iraq Are Believed To Have Died

    60 Of Estimated 550 Germans in Syria and Iraq Are Believed To Have Died

    BERLIN – The number of Germans fighting alongside Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq has increased sharply to 550 and around 180 have returned, the head of Germany’s domestic intelligence said in a newspaper interview published on Sunday.

    “We are concerned about the high number of departures. Especially in the last six weeks, it has risen further,” Hans-Georg Maassen told Welt am Sonntag.

    By now we are counting 550 people, that is how many have left Germany to go to Syria and Iraq,” he added. The previous number was 450 people.

    Around 60 of them have been killed during fighting, with at least nine killing themselves in suicide attacks, Maassen said. “That is a sad success for the Islamist propaganda.”

    As with other Western European countries, Germany is struggling to stop the radicalization of young Muslims, some of whom want to become jihadists in Syria or Iraq. Officials also worry that they might return to plot attacks on home soil.

    Since Germany is part of the alliance fighting Islamic State, the country is “naturally” a target for the militants as well as al Qaeda members, Maassen said.

    Intelligence services estimate that around 180 jihadists have returned to Germany after having fought in Syria and Iraq, Maassen said.

    In one of the largest sweeps against alleged Islamists in Germany yet, authorities last week arrested nine men suspected of supporting militant groups in Syria and raided numerous properties in several German states.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • 2 Germans Charged With Trespassing And Vandalism at SMRT Bishan Depot

    2 Germans Charged With Trespassing And Vandalism at SMRT Bishan Depot

    Two German men were charged this morning (Nov 22) with trespassing and vandalism at SMRT Bishan Depot earlier this month.

    Andreas Von Knorre and Elton Hinz, both 21, appeared before the State Courts and had their charges read in German through an interpreter.

    The Court heard that both men had on Nov 8, at about 2.48am, entered the Bishan SMRT Depot at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 without authorisation and vandalised the left exterior cabin of an SMRT train using indelible spray paint.

    If convicted, both men may get up to S$2,000 fine, three years’ jail and eight strokes of the cane for the vandalism charge, and fined up to S$1,000 and imprisoned two years for the trespassing charge.

    Both men will be remanded at Tanglin Police Division for one week to assist in investigations and reenact the scene. They will next appear in court on Nov 26 and 10am.

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

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