SINGAPORE – An 18-year-old, accused of committing assault in 2021, already had a warrant of arrest against him when he allegedly took part in a knife attack at a hotel in the Bugis area on Monday.

He was initially charged in court in 2022 and released on bail. The warrant was issued when he jumped bail.

He cannot be named as he was 17 years old when he allegedly committed his earlier offences in July 2021. People below 18 are protected under the Children and Young Persons Act.

The Indonesian teenager and a woman identified as Norliana Hazuliani, 23, were each handed an assault charge on Wednesday.

The pair and a 22-year-old man, Mohammad Ghufran Sinarfadhli, allegedly used a serrated knife to attack a man at the Rest Bugis Hotel in Jalan Kubor at around 11.30am on Monday.

The teen and woman’s cases have been adjourned to April 5, while Ghufran is expected to be charged on Thursday.

For using a weapon to assault another person, an offender can be jailed for up to seven years, fined, caned, or receive any combination of such punishments.

If convicted, Norliana, who is Singaporean, cannot be caned as she is a woman.

On Wednesday, the police said officers were alerted to the case shortly before noon on Monday.

A spokesman added: “Officers (arrived at) the scene and discovered blood stains in a hotel room. A 19-year-old woman was found with lacerations and taken conscious to (a) hospital.

“She was arrested for voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous means with common intention and suspected drug-related offences.”

Officers from Central Police Division managed to establish the identities of the people involved in the case. They arrested three men and a second woman within 24 hours of the report.

In unrelated cases, the teenage boy allegedly took part in an unlawful assembly with four other people at Block 99C, Lorong 2 Toa Payoh at around 2pm on July 25, 2021.

He is also accused of kicking another man’s chest at the block that day.