SINGAPORE — A man in a viral video captured trying to pry open the doors of a moving MRT train returned to court, where he was handed a new charge for being a public nuisance.

Vanessa Wang Zi Qi, 47, who is identified in court documents as a man, appeared in court through video link on Friday (Dec 29) despite being earlier offered bail at S$10,000 on Dec 21. 

The prosecution told the court that this was because Wang was unable to find a suitable bailor.

The new charge handed to Wang was for causing annoyance to commuters on the MRT at Yio Chu Kang station when he tried to pull open the train doors on Dec 1 this year.

Wang was last charged with being a public nuisance and voluntarily causing hurt.

Two of the public nuisance charges were for trying to pull open MRT doors at Braddell and Ang Mo Kio stations, while the remaining charge was for kicking and hurting a person at Ang Mo Kio MRT Station.

During the hearing, the prosecution said that it was ready to go ahead with this case and intended to proceed on three of the charges and have one charge taken into consideration.

When asked by District Judge Ow Yong Tuck Leong how Wang would like to proceed, his defence counsel Jared Lee sought an adjournment until Feb 1 or 2. 

Mr Lee said that this was so that he would have enough time to take his client's instruction and make representations.

However, the prosecution argued for a shorter time frame, taking into account the 23 days that Wang had been in remand.

Wang is set to return to court on Jan 4 for a pre-trial conference.