Nov 30, 2010 - Straits Times
by Elena Chong
A 24-YEAR-OLD man who made a bomb hoax call to the police was
jailed for three months on Tuesday.
Ng Shichang admitted giving false information to a telephone
operator, saying that there was 'a terrorist and bomb in five
minutes'.
He made the call from a void deck at a block of flats in Choa
Chu Kang Avenue 3 on Sept 26, shortly after a first similar
call.
A Community Court heard that the police traced the dishwasher's
call to a public phone of Block 286.
When police arrived, Ng fled but was detained after a short
chase.
A second charge was taken into consideration during his
sentencing. Ng, who has a previous conviction, could have been
fined up to $100,000 and/or jailed for up to five years.
