Courts in Singapore aren’t so receptive to appeals and when Oliver Fricker asked a judge to reduce his sentence for spray painting a train, was given two additional months instead. He’ll now have to serve out a total of seven months and three strokes of a heavy, wet, oppressive cane. |AP|
Both sides are appealing the sentence handed down by a court in Singapore against a Swiss graffiti writer who painted a train car: The prosecution says it’s not harsh enough, the defense, of course is arguing the opposite.
Maintaining their zero tolerance policy towards graffiti, a court in Singapore threw the book at a Swiss man who was arrested for trespassing into a train depot and painting the side of a SMRT subway car. Read more »
When it comes to graffiti in Singapore, the authorities don’t play. Swiss national Oliver Fricker, 32, is facing fines, incarceration, and caning for sneaking into a train depot and painting a subway car with a British friend who was smart enough to leave the country before the police report was filed. Fricker has been released on $100k bail, but the judge kept his passport and he’ll face a litany of charges which aren’t too easy to beat in a country that is actually facing a major lawyer shortage. Read more »
Finally, a shoemaker has released sneakers so hideous they had to be photographed in the dark. Months after their pigeon-abuse fiasco, New Balance continues ruining their products with contaminated colorways. Read more »
We’re the ones the sons of the sea. Mighty men of the Singapore Navy. We will stand for the right, We will fight to the end. We will always be true to our land. (tears in eyes) That’s a stanza from, no, not the Village People standard, but from the Republic of Singapore Navy fight song (scroll down). They have four submarines, six frigates, and apparently a shortage of seamen. So the RSN, via Saatchi & Saatchi, recently sent out 6,000 of these very expensive, very elaborate mailers to area young gentlemen showing them exactly how they’d look as an officer. Medals! Nice touch. Jump to listen to the full RSN fight song. Forward we’ll march on to VICTORY! Read more »
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