$2k fine for man who urinated on escalator handrail at Outram Park MRT station

$2k fine for man who urinated on escalator handrail at Outram Park MRT station

The Straits Times - Singapore·2025-01-14 19:01

$2k fine for man who urinated on escalator handrail at Outram Park MRT station

On Jan 14, Chinese national Li Guorui, 41, pleaded guilty to one charge of being a public nuisance. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

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UPDATED Jan 14, 2025, 06:50 PM

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SINGAPORE - A man was fined $2,000 for urinating on an escalator handrail at Outram Park MRT station, an act which was captured on video and widely shared on social media.

On Jan 14, Chinese national Li Guorui, 41, pleaded guilty to one charge of being a public nuisance.

The prosecution said Li’s case was among three public urination cases at MRT stations in the past week. One of them took place at Tanah Merah MRT station, which the police are investigating.

The other case occurred at Potong Pasir MRT station, but no details on this case were mentioned in court.

As for the Outram Park case, Deputy Public Prosecutor Jeremy Bin said Li had arrived in Singapore on Jan 2 for a business trip.

On Jan 10 , from 7pm to 9pm, Li went for a business dinner at Westgate where he had a large amount of beer and became heavily intoxicated.

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