Man, 37, charged with breaking into Taoist temple to steal 9 statues
SINGAPORE — A 37-year-old man accused of breaking into a temple along Geylang Road and stealing nine statues in the wee hours of the morning was charged on Wednesday (29 April).
Rudra Cavill Pubalasingam, a Singaporean, is accused of breaking into a Taoist temple at 340 Geylang Road between 3.15am and 3.20am on Monday, in order to steal the nine pieces of statues worth $7,000. The statues belonged to a man known as Tan Kok Keong.
Rudra told the court he would be pleading guilty, but a police prosecutor said that it would need time to complete investigations. Rudra will return for a further hearing on 10 June.
The police said in a news release that it was alerted to the case at about 2pm on Monday. Rudra’s identity was established with the help of images from closed-circuit television and police cameras.
He was arrested later that day.
If convicted of housebreaking, Rudra may be jailed up to 10 years and fined.
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