Police reviewing longer-term measures for Little India
SINGAPORE — Another man will be charged in court today in relation to the Little India riot on Dec 8, bringing the total number of people charged so far over the incident to 34.
SINGAPORE — Another man will be charged in court today in relation to the Little India riot on Dec 8, bringing the total number of people charged so far over the incident to 34.
The man, 41, is an Indian national. In addition, 24 of the accused are scheduled to have their cases mentioned again in court today.
The police also said yesterday they were reviewing longer-term measures for Little India following a weekend that saw no breaches of the ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol in the area, and no incidents reported.
The interests of all affected stakeholders would be taken into consideration, they said, adding: “Details will be announced in due course.”
The sale and consumption of alcohol was banned in Little India from Dec 14 to 6am yesterday in the wake of the riot.
Little India and its vicinity were also declared a proclaimed area under the Public Order (Preservation) Act during that period.
