Ok, so which of you siao gia did this?
A teenager allegedly stole a private bus in Woodlands for a
six-hour joyride around the island on Sunday, covering at least
155km before being caught in Bukit Batok.
The suspect, believed to be 17 years old, allegedly stole the
vehicle from a private bus depot at Woodlands Industrial Park E3 at
9am, evening daily Shin Min Daily News reported yesterday.
He drove the 45-seater to Yishun, Ang
Mo Kio, Whampoa, Telok Kurau, East Coast Park, Toa Payoh, Choa Chu
Kang, Boon Lay, Soon Lee Road, Bukit Batok, Woodlands, Jurong East,
Kian Teck Road and Corporation Road.
The bus' designated driver, Francis Toh, told Shin Min that he had
meant to set off for Little India at 2pm that day when he
discovered that the bus was missing. He immediately used GPS to
locate it.
"The bus appeared at Kian Teck Road around the Jurong area, so my
boss and I went in our cars to look for the missing bus," said Mr
Toh.
He said that the suspect kept turning into small roads, making it
difficult for them to follow. But they managed to cut the suspect
off at a bus stop in Bukit Batok East Avenue 3, where he had
stopped behind an SBS Transit bus.
It was then that they realised the suspect was a teenager.
According to Shin Min, the youth resisted his captors for about 10
minutes before police arrived, even attempting to drive the bus
away.
Mr Toh said he was surprised
that the suspect knew how to
drive the bus and seemed very familiar with how to operate it,
including how to unlock its control system. He added that he had never seen the suspect
before.
To drive a private bus, a person requires a Class 4 driver's
licence and a vocational licence. Only those aged 21 and above are
allowed to apply for a Class 4 licence.
Cynthia Yeo - general manager of AZ Bus, which owns the bus - told
My Paper yesterday that some of its buses are already equipped with
security cameras, and the company plans to add this feature to its
entire fleet.
The police confirmed that they received a report at 3.43pm on
Sunday, and have arrested a male suspect. Investigations are
ongoing.
And kns he dare to do so much, but refused to have his face
captured on film for the "historic" moment.
