Nparks Has Responded to the Man Who’s Fined $2,000 For Plucking Leaves at Botanic Gardens

According to Channel NewsAsia, the National Parks Board (NParks) issued a notice of offence to a Bangladeshi national.

What he did?

Well, he plucked some leaves off a tree at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.

Before you start to think “What’s the big deal about this?”, allow me to explain before we go into any details:

The visitor plucked the leaves of a Syzygium myrtifolium tree (also known as a Kelat Oil or Red Lip tree).

This certain tree is listed as native to our country and presumed nationally extinct on NParks’ Flora and Fauna Web.

Under the Parks and Trees Act, it is an offence to cut, collect or displace any plant within a public park.

Offenders can be fined up to S$5,000.

Such notices of offence will state that no action needs to be taken until a composition notice is issued, stating the amount that needs to be paid.

So if an offender tries to pay the fine at an AXS machine based on the notice of offence, the machine will automatically generate an amount payable, based on the offence type.

In a case like that of the Bangladeshi national’s, the machine is programmed to automatically generate a fine of S$2,000.

NParks is now reaching out to the offender, saying that it “may consider an appeal” for the case.

“We will take mitigating circumstances into consideration when deciding on the composition amount, and will contact the visitor to look further into the case.”

What netizens say

While it is my first time encountering such news, netizens had quite a lot to say!

This particular response had more than 10 other replies:

This netizen is concerned about offenders in other places:

And of course, there will always be a grammar warrior… #whatsnew

Well, whatever the case, what do you think of the situation?

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