SINGAPORE — A pre-trial conference date has been set for the five Singaporean men who allegedly scrawled phrases purportedly linked to hacktivist group “Anonymous”

Their case will be heard on Jan 7 next year at the district court.

The five men aged between 21 and 26 were charged on Nov 12 with various counts of vandalising properties. They are alleged to be behind vandalism cases which were reported on Nov 5 and 6 at Prinsep Link, Orchard Link, Tampines and Woodlands.

Muhammad Qamarul Arifin Sa’adon, 22; Muhammad Fitri Abu Kasim, 24; Danial Ryan Salleh, 25; and Mohamad Fadzly Aziz, 21, are accused of vandalising a pillar of Sunshine Plaza and a pavement outside on Prinsep Link in the early hours of Nov 5. They allegedly sprayed “WE ARE ONE WE ARE LEGION EXPECT US!!” and “WE R ONE EXPECT US!”

Muhammad Redzwan Baskin, 26, and Fadzly are alleged to have spray-painted the wall of the ramp at *SCAPE on Orchard Link later that morning, with the phrases, “WE. ARE. ANONYMOUS. -TSK-”, and “WE R ONE WE R LEGION WE DO NOT WE DO NOT FORGIVE WE DO NOT FORGET EXPECT US! TSK”.

Qamarul, Danial, Fadzly and Fitri are also accused of vandalising the the pavement of a taxi stand along Waterloo Street on Nov 5.

The five men are each out on bail of S$15,000 and their passports have been impounded.

Qamarul and Danial have engaged lawyers while the other three men are looking to engage lawyers.

Under the Vandalism Act, first-time offenders face a jail term of up to three years or a fine of up to S$2,000, as well as between three to eight strokes of the cane.