26-year-old suspect, Daryl Tay Kai Long, was arrested on Monday (3 October) in connection to a case of mischief by a fire involving the use of ‘Molotov cocktails’.
Tay was the fifth suspect of in an alleged attack at a club in St James Power Station in September.
The Singapore Police Force (SPF) had earlier stated that their investigations revealed four bottles filled with petrol were believed to have been lit and thrown by three unknown men towards the main entrance of a club named Bounce. The three of the five suspects were spotted to have fled the scene immediately after the incident. Fortunately, nobody was injured.
The Police also said that the preliminary investigations revealed that the incident is believed to have been an act of revenge arising from a previous dispute between one of the suspects and the staff of one of the entertainment outlets at St James Power Station.
The other four suspects were charged in Court on 15 September 2016 with the offense of Mischief by Fire with Common Intention under Section 435, read with Section 34 of the Penal Code.
Tay will be charged with the same crime and will be put on trial on Wednesday (5 October). If found guilty, he faces a fine and up to seven years in imprisonment.
