SINGAPORE : A 13-year-old boy is being investigated
by the police for making a false report claiming he was
robbed.
He said he was robbed by three unknown suspects on
Wednesday afternoon at Block 511 Hougang Avenue
10.
He alleged that the suspects had restrained him when
he was returning home and robbed him of his handphone after causing
injuries to his body using a razor blade.
He claimed that they took his S$170 handphone.
But when police investigated, they found that the student had made
up the incident.
Police said he had loaned his phone to a friend and was afraid of
being punished by his next-of-kin. And he made the false report to
cover up.
Investigations are still on-going.
Anyone who is convicted for giving any information which he knows
to be false to a public servant can be jailed for up to a year and
fined S$5,000.
- CNA /ls