SINGAPORE: A man was charged on Monday (Jan 15) with sending a false bomb message to the Singapore Motorshow’s Instagram account while the event was underway.
Cheng Yuan Kang, 23, was handed one count of communicating false information of a harmful thing in the State Courts.
His charge states that on Saturday, at about 11.49am, Cheng was at Suntec City Convention Centre when he sent the message: “Eurokars is going to be burned down soon by bomb” to the Singapore Motorshow Instagram account.
The Singapore Motorshow 2024 – a prominent motoring event attended by motor distributors and dealers – was then underway at the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre. It was slated to run from Jan 11 to Jan 14.
Cheng is said to have known his words were false.
He has been remanded at the Institute of Mental Health for medical examination and will return to court on Jan 29.
If convicted of communicating false information of a harmful thing, Cheng may be fined up to S$50,000 (US$37,500), or jailed up to seven years, or both.