NUS Student Fined for Putting Green Beans Into Car Tyre Valves to Deflate Them

$3k fine for NUS student who deflated tyres of seven cars in Woodlands

The man was interested in climate change and wished to make ownership of SUVs unattractive, the court heard. Read more at straitstimes.com.

NUS student fined for putting green beans into car tyre valves to deflate them

Benjamin Chia Yit Loong was interested in climate change and environmental issues, and wished to make SUV ownership unattractive, the court heard.

NUS student deflates tyres of 7 cars using green beans, gets S$3K fine

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S$3000 fine for NUS student who used green beans to deflate tyres on 7 SUVs

SINGAPORE: A young man who made headlines in November 2024 after he inserted green beans into the tyre valves of several sports utility vehicles (SUVs) near his home due to environmental concerns was fined S$3,000 by a court on Thursday (Nov 6). Twenty-four-year-old Benjamin Chia Yit Loong, a physics student in his final year at […]

$3,000 fine for NUS student who deflated tyres of seven cars in Woodlands

SINGAPORE — A man who deflated the tyres of seven cars in Woodlands has been handed a $3,000 fine.On Nov 6, Benjamin Chia Yit Loong, 24, a student at the National University of Singapore, pleaded guilty to one charge of mischief.The court heard that Chia, a Singaporean, was interested in climate change and environmental issues, and wished to make ownership of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) unattractive.He thus decided to deflate the tyres of cars…