Man gets probation for setting fire to poster in HDB lift for S$5 Instagram challenge – CNA

SINGAPORE: A 20-year-old man took up a challenge from a person on Instagram to burn a poster in a public lift in exchange for S$5. He set fire to a poster belonging to a town council at a block of flats in Woodlands and later received S$5 from the Instagram user. However, he also received 18 months’ probation by a court on Wednesday (Mar 8). Muhamad Haikhal Ramadhan Ash’ari pleaded guilty to one charge of rashly starting a fire that caused damage to property. The court heard that he was chatting with a person known only as “Haziq” on Instagram at about 2am on May 6 last year. Haziq challenged Haikhal to burn a poster in a public lift for S$5, and Haikhal agreed. At about 3.30am that same day, Haikhal went into a lift at the void deck of Block 785A Woodlands Rise. Inside the lift, there was an acrylic holder attached to the wall containing a poster belonging to Sembawang West Zone F Residents’ Network. Haikhal pulled out the poster partially and set it aflame with his lighter. When he exited the lift, the poster was still burning. The poster was partially burnt and there were burnt marks on
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