Actor Ryan Lian arrested for allegedly tampering with lock to an HDB flat
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The man in the video footage was later identified as actor Ryan Lian.
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SINGAPORE – Singaporean actor Ryan Lian was arrested after allegedly tampering with the digital door lock of an HDB flat in Telok Blangah, which was first reported by Shin Min Daily News.
The incident occurred on Sept 15 at Block 93B Telok Blangah Street 31.
The resident, a 30-year-old nurse who wanted to be known only as Laura, was alerted to the situation while she was out having a meal with her husband and child.
“There is a motion sensor and a doorbell camera outside my gate,” she said. “I thought it was a delivery person, but the person kept loitering outside. When I checked the camera feed, I saw a bare-chested man fiddling with my gate and he actually managed to unlock the digital lock.”
She added that the man appeared to hesitate before attempting to unlock the main door.
He eventually left and encountered the family’s maid returning home.
“My maid wasn’t aware that he had tried to open our door,” said Ms Laura. “Thankfully, he didn’t have any weapons or hurt anyone.”
The man in the video footage was later identified as Lian, 39, who starred in local film-maker Jack Neo’s movies such as Long Long Time Ago (2016) and Ah Boys To Men 4 (2017).
Ms Laura immediately contacted the police and alerted her neighbours through a community chat group.
She discussed with her husband about replacing the electronic lock on the gate.
“From the video, it seems that (he) is not in a good mental state,” she told news portal 8world.
“I don’t know what his intentions were. There were some packages outside the neighbour’s flat but he didn’t take them. The police apprehended him near the block within an hour.”
It is understood that Lian had rung the doorbells of other units on the same floor. Ms Wang, who lives next door to the unit involved, thought it was a deliveryman.
“I opened the door and saw the bag he was holding belonged to my mother-in-law. I thought he had borrowed it from her and needed to return it, so I told him to leave it outside and closed the door,” she said.
In response to queries, the police confirmed receiving a call for assistance at the Telok Blangah flat at 11.25am that day, leading to the arrest of a 39-year-old man under the mental health act. THE NEW PAPER
