Woman Jailed Four Days for False Police Report Against Bus Driver Boyfriend
A 28-year-old Singaporean woman was jailed four days after falsely reporting her bus-driver boyfriend for theft and assault, disrupting service and stranding three passengers when she called police from his bus over relationship frustration
A 28-year-old Singaporean woman was unhappy that her 60-year-old boyfriend, a bus driver, had no time to spend with her. She attempted to prevent him from going to work, then boarded his bus and called police with false claims that he had stolen 400 Singapore dollars (about 10,319.74 baht) and assaulted her. The incident caused police to investigate and forced him to suspend service temporarily, leaving three passengers stranded.
According to Shin Min Daily News, the woman confessed to making a false report and was sentenced to four days in jail. Investigations revealed the couple had been together for about ten years. The man works as a bus driver at a transport interchange, commuting daily by motorcycle from Malaysia to Singapore for work. On his afternoon shifts, he would bring her lunch at the station where she struggled financially. She had also borrowed money from him multiple times over the years.
On October 6, 2024, around 2:00 p.m., the woman waited at the transport station for her boyfriend to arrive with lunch. Because of rain, his motorcycle arrival was delayed until approximately 2:25 p.m. After he delivered the food and prepared to start his shift, she became upset that he had no time to stay with her and tried to hold back his work uniform to prevent him from leaving. He gently pushed her hand away and left. Around 2:43 p.m., she boarded bus route 112, which he was driving, and sat near the front. He did not respond and continued driving normally.
However, she grew increasingly angry—both over the 400 Singapore dollars she had asked him to return (which she claimed she wanted for clothes and shoes, but he refused) and feeling abandoned at the station. She called police and falsely claimed: "The bus driver stole 400 dollars from me and assaulted me. He is driving the bus now and I am on it." She also accused him of twisting her left arm and injuring her.
After police arrived, the bus had to stop service and three passengers had to switch to the next bus. When questioned, the woman admitted her report was false and caused by personal relationship problems.
The judge noted that her deliberate false report disrupted public transport service and nearly resulted in her boyfriend's arrest while performing his duties. Prosecutors stated that her actions not only interrupted the travel of at least three passengers but also required four police officers to respond.
