SINGAPORE A man said to be the person caught on video prising open the doors of a moving MRT train has been charged with two counts of being a public nuisance and one count of assault. Vanessa Wang Zi Qi, 47, who appeared in a district court on Dec 7, has been ordered to be remanded at the Institute.
The passenger filmed prying open the doors of a moving MRT train claimed to be stress testing them. "My umbrella and my hand got caught in the doors before. I pushed them open [to free myself] and the doors opened quite easily," the commuter told Shin Min Daily News on Monday (Dec 4). "So, I wanted to test the doors.
SINGAPORE – Three people were injured after they fell while riding an escalator at Clementi MRT station on Thursday. A Building and Construction Authority (BCA) spokesperson said its engineers inspected the escalator and checks did not reveal any “equipment abnormalities”. It was responding to claims of a reversal in the escalator’s direction. Closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage of the incident did.