‘Tyre slasher’ allegedly deflates tyres in Woodlands carparks, arrested for being public nuisance

‘Tyre slasher’ deflate tyres on 5 vehicles in Woodlands

The police have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly committing mischief to vehicles.

This came after a car owner found all four of her vehicle’s tyres deflated at a multi-storey carpark in Woodlands.

Source: Singapore Police Force

In a statement issued on Wednesday (20 Nov) night, the police said they were alerted to the case at about 12.50pm the previous day, at a multi-storey carpark along Woodlands Drive 14.

Officers from Woodlands Police Division arrested the suspect within eight hours.

Suspect is NUS student & committed act in the name of climate activist group

According to The Straits Times (ST), the suspect is a 23-year-old NUS student named Benjamin Chia Yit Loong.

Between 10am and 12pm on 19 Nov, he allegedly deflated tyres of five cars and placed flyers on the vehicles’ windscreens.

Source: Singapore Police Force

Photos of the flyer that was left on the vehicles have been circulating online.

Source: Facebook

The content of the flyer suggests that the tyre slashings were carried out by a climate activist group that is against the use of sport utility vehicles (SUVs).

As per the flyer, the climate activist group responsible for the act is known as ‘The Tire Extinguishers’.

Its page suggests that they are an international activist group that encourages people to deflate tyres on SUVs.

The same group was also responsible for a series of tyre slashes that occurred in north London earlier in April.

For being a public nuisance, Chia faces a jail term of up to three months, a fine of up to S$2,000, or both

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Featured image adapted from Singapore Police Force.