Swiss vandal released from Singapore prison, returns home...

A Swiss citizen has returned to Switzerland after serving five months of a seven-month sentence in Singapore for vandalism and trespassing.

The 32-year-old computer consultant also faced three strokes of the cane for breaking into a train depot with an accomplice and drawing graffiti on two subway carriages on May 16. It was unclear, however, whether he actually received a lashing.

An official at the Swiss embassy in Singapore confirmed that the man had been released from Changi prison and had immediately boarded a plane for Switzerland. More...

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