A FRENCH national who damaged a fire alarm manual call point at
Terminal 1 of Changi Airport was fined $5,000 on Thursday.
Oil rig supervisor Antoine Mathieu Rongeot, 38, was originally
accused of a more serious charge of vandalism which carries a
minimum of three strokes of the cane. He admitted to a reduced
charge of mischief. Two other charges of using abusive words on
cops were considered during his sentencing.
District Judge John Ng ordered him to compensate $1,860 to the
victim by June 23. Rongeot's lawyer Wendell Wong said full
restitution would be made and the funds were with his law firm.
A district court heard that Rongeot, who works in Balikpapan,
Indonesia, was on transit at Terminal 1 to catch a connecting
flight to Paris when he had too many drinks.
He was seen by two aviation security officers walking towards a
door with a fire alarm manual call point on it and punching it when
he could not open the door.
He could have been jailed for up to two years and/or fined.
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_541734.html
so what is the different between mischief and
vandalism?
