SINGAPORE: Another motorist has been jailed and fined for tampering his vehicle's fuel gauge and giving false information to a customs officer.

24-year-old Muhammad Ali Putra Hairom is the third motorist to be convicted in the last three months for the same offences. He was caught at the Woodlands Checkpoint on Tuesday.

A check by the customs officer showed that Muhammad Ali Putra's car fuel gauge had indicated a full tank when the actual amount of fuel was at the one-quarter mark.

He admitted to tampering with the fuel gauge reading with a remote control. He has been sentenced to two weeks' jail and fined S$500.


- CNA/so