The law and the case of the Sticker Lady... what will happen next?

Now that a suspect -- a 25-year-old woman -- has been arrested for those pedestrian sticker pranks ("Press Until Shiok", etc), as well as sprayed graffiti on some roads with the ungrammatical legend "My Grandfather Road", the focus now is on: how will the law handle her case?

Some netizens are already lionising her, calling her with a palpable sense of awe the "Sticker Lady". Many are saying, hey, chill out, man, this is street art too, even if the law here clearly says it is vandalism. Of course the local mainstream media, in their reports, will be careful to also include comments from folks who say, throw the book at her. No graffiti please, this is Singapore!

Here are the reports from insing.com and xin.msn...

http://news.insing.com/tabloid/vandalism/id-4a4f3f00

http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singaporeans-rally-behind-free-sticker-lady-movement

http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/my-grandfather-road-markings-identified-as-vandal-woman-arrested

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If you want to read an irreverent commentary on this literally hot-button issue, here's the take from New Nation (50% Real News)...

http://newnation.sg/2012/06/sticker-lady-nabbed-singapore-averts-disaster/

So what will happen to her? Well, this is Singapore in the era of New Politics. I guess there will first be public soul-searching, with lots of ink spilt, airtime and TV time used up, and bandwidth consumed -- with the people's "voices" coming out strongly.

A public consensus will ultimately be reached that she was young and foolish but the law is the law. If she is contrite (very likely, of course), she may get a suspended sentence. A warning will be issued: who else tries this stunt will not be so lucky.

If she is not contrite?... That's not going to happen.