Singapore - The impact of intense news bomb Boston, United States, affecting up to Singapore. The state was rocked by rumors of a bomb that led to the arrest of a 34-year-old man believed to be behind the stunt.
Men who identity and nationality is not listed, was arrested on Thursday (18/4). This man was arrested for posting threatening comments, in one news article about the bomb blast in Boston.
"Preliminary investigations indicate that the offender did not intend or do not intend to do serious threat," local police said in a statement, as reported by AFP on Saturday (20/04/2013).
No further mention the contents of the man's comments that local police arrested him. But local media, The Straits Times reported that the man in the news post comments that exist on the Yahoo! Singapore website.
Making a bomb threat in Singapore can be classified as a criminal act under sentence of imprisonment. This act could face a maximum prison sentence of 5 years or a fine of up to 100 thousand Singapore dollars.
Separately, Singapore police said it was investigating a bomb threat aimed at the Singapore Marathon event held in December. However, to date, not a single party that questioned or arrested in connection with the threat.
In a statement, police confirmed, that it would crack down on anyone who disturbs public order by submitting false rumors about bombs of this kind. The local police will not respond to mess around these cases.
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