Last night (July 6) a 57-year-old man was arrested after climbing onto the train track at Jurong East MRT station to pick up his mobile phone.
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It is believed that the man accidentally dropped his phone while he was stepping out of the train.
The MRT driver that was approaching the station saw a man on the track and had to apply an emergency brake to stop the vehicle at around 10.15 PM
This resulted in a 5 minutes disruption.
The man has since been placing under arrest and under investigation by the Police.
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SMRT would like to remind commuters to never trespass on the track as it could be very dangerous.