Teenager charged with fishing illegally at Bukit Batok Town Park without mask or social distancing

SINGAPORE: A young person is accused of fishing illegally at Bukit Batok Town Park, also referred to as Little Guilin, with 5 different folks on one event and 7 others on the second.

The 17-year-old was charged in court docket on Wednesday (Oct 27). He can't be named as he's underneath 18.

He was given 5 costs of breaking COVID-19 rules and Parks and Trees Regulations for the 2 incidents.

On the primary event, at about 9.05am on Jun 2, {the teenager} is accused of assembly 5 folks from different households at Bukit Batok Town Park for fishing and for utilizing a searching system.

The second event was within the wee hours of Jun 16. The teen is accused of leaving his dwelling at 3.18am that day and failing to maintain a 1m distance from seven different folks whereas at the park. He additionally allegedly did not put on a mask, and used a fishing rod to fish.

Fishing shouldn't be allowed at Bukit Batok Town Park. According to rules, nobody is allowed to make use of any searching system for the aim of capturing any animal in a public park, except with approval.

The teenager intends to plead responsible and can return to court docket to take action in December.

If convicted of breaking a COVID-19 regulation, he may very well be jailed as much as six months, fined as much as S$10,000, or each per cost.

For utilizing a searching system in a public park to seize fish, he may very well be fined as much as S$5,000 per cost.