SINGAPORE: A man who set off a box containing 25 shots of fireworks near a block of flats in Yishun last month was handed a S$5,000 (US$3,700) fine on Tuesday (May 28). Noor Azhar Abdul Abas,
Noor Azhar Abdul Abas, 40, arrives at the State Courts on May 28, 2024. Noor Azhar Abdul Abas, 40, pleaded guilty to one count of discharging dangerous fireworks.
An eight-second video of the incident posted by a resident was uploaded onto social media platform TikTok, which showed the fireworks going off in the housing estate. The video has since been taken down.Fireworks near Block 642 Yishun Street 61 on Apr 9, 2024, as seen in a TikTok video that has since been taken down. The court heard that in March this year, Noor Azhar bought a box of containing 25 tubes of fireworks labelled “Happy Boom Shoot” from an unknown person in the Geylang area.
During his mitigation plea, Noor Azhar said that he was deeply remorseful for his actions, which was “carried out without thinking”.
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