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Breaking into a pen in the rhino section of the zoo to shoot a video A 19-year-old in Singapore has been charged with trespassing

author:Globe.com

Source: CCTV news client

Singapore police issued a statement on July 11 saying that the police charged a 19-year-old youth with illegally breaking into the pen of the rhino area of singapore zoo on july 12, and he will be prosecuted under the criminal law.

Police said in a statement that on December 17 last year, they received an alarm from the Singapore Zoo that a young man had broken into a rhino pen at 17:40 that day to perform a backflip. There were 4 rhinos in the enclosure at the time, and the youth's behavior posed a threat to his own safety and rhino safety. The youth also uploaded the video to his social media. The police strongly condemned this dangerous behavior.

Breaking into a pen in the rhino section of the zoo to shoot a video A 19-year-old in Singapore has been charged with trespassing

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The girlfriend of the young man involved was also warned by the police for instigating the intrusion for filming the video.

Singapore's penal code imposes a maximum penalty of three months in prison for trespass, up to a fine of S$1,500 (about 7,500 yuan), or both. (Reporter Deng Xuemei)

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