Singaporeman faces charges for egging cops and making fake emergency reports
A 28-year-old Malaysian national in Singapore is set to be charged today with vandalism after throwing eggs at police vehicles responding to prank calls. Authorities say the man made over a dozen false emergencies, prompting officers who were on duty or en route; he was caught while attempting another call and later assaulted an officer during arrest attempts.
Key Points
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1A Singaporean court is set to charge a 28-year-old man for making over 18 prank calls and throwing eggs at police vehicles.
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2The suspect allegedly made repeated false reports via the hotline before targeting responding officers with vandalism charges under local law. Police received multiple hoax incidents that prompted them to deploy cars, which were then targeted by egg attacks.
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A string of prank calls and egg-throwing incidents prompted rapid action by enforcement, resulting in charges under Singapore's vandalism law for a repeat offender.
— (Theindependent.sg)Over the course of just over one month, an individual allegedly made at least 18 hoax police reports before targeting responding officers with eggs thrown onto their vehicles.
— (Straitstimes)A 28-year-old man was arrested after making over a dozen false reports to the emergency hotline between February and March while repeatedly throwing eggs at responding officers. He is scheduled to be charged under Singapore's Vandalism Act for wasting police resources, facing potential jail time or caning if convicted of these acts committed from his stolen identity card number.
Davin Lian Ke Xiang was charged with throwing eggs at police cars following 18 prank calls he allegedly made using a stolen mobile line between February and March. Although initially remanded for investigation after claiming stress-induced behavior, court records show his arrest is linked to prior unaddressed charges of criminal intimidation and trespassing committed while on probation in October 2025.
A 28-year-old Singaporean man has been arrested for making at least 18 hoax calls using fraudulently obtained phone lines followed by throwing eggs at police vehicles, an act that led to his arrest on March 23 and charges of vandalism. If convicted, he faces a fine up to S$2,000 or three years in jail as well as the possibility of receiving between three and eight strokes of the cane.
A 28-year-old man in Singapore was arrested on March 23 after making at least 18 false police reports using a fraudulently obtained mobile line and subsequently throwing eggs at officers' vehicles. He is scheduled to be charged for these alleged offenses, which could result in fines up to S$2,000 or imprisonment of three years if found guilty on March 25.