WHAT HAPPENED
Li arrived in Singapore on Feb 29, 2024 on a social visit pass, his first visit here. He had no air ticket out of Singapore.
On Mar 1, 2024, a group of three, Shangguan Linmo, 25, Hu Zhijun, 21 and Yang Junhao, 23, had departed from Wuhan to Penang for a holiday.
While on board one of their connecting flights, an unknown person on the flight had approached Ms Shangguan and asked if she was interested in buying three Singapore Eras Tour tickets for 4,000 yuan (about S$755) each.
When she said she was interested, the unknown person told her he knew a contact in Singapore who could secure three VIP tickets that were “free seating in nature”, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Darren Ang.
He also told the woman that if she was unable to enter the concert using those tickets, he would provide them with spare tickets and shared his WeChat contact and that of a 29-year-old male, Yang Chenguang.
Three days later, on Mar 4, the trio boarded a flight to Singapore, intending to attend the Singapore Eras Tour concert on the same evening.
Sometime that evening, Li entered the person check security area that Taylor Swift concert goers were required to pass through for a bag check, before scanning their tickets at a turnstile leading into the National Stadium.