AFP
The court in Singapore sentenced two young Germans to nine months in jail and three strokes of the rod for painting Subway car spray. Both convicted admitted their guilt and repent.
The 22-year-old Andreas Von Knorre and 21-year-old Elton Hinz were charged with burglary in November last year to the depot and the destruction of the subway car. For the first of these offenses heard four months prison sentence, and for the second – five months and flogging.
After the destruction of the wagon young men fled from Singapore, but as a result of proceedings initiated by the city-state of the international campaign of exploration were captured in neighboring Malaysia, where they wanted to go to Australia.
Before the court sentenced repented and apologized for committing a “stupid mistake.”
Singapore, which is a major Asian financial center, is known for its raw Punishment of vandalism; the law does not save the foreigners.
In 1994, the media all over the world hit the case of the American teenager Michael Fay, sentenced to flogging for destroying cars and public property. Not even helped him appeals for mercy from the US government, including the then US President Bill Clinton.
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