SINGAPORE, June 25 -- Two Chinese nationals who broke into a home in the upscale Singapore neighbourhood of Bukit Timah and stole a pair of watches - including a Cartier Roadster - were each sentenced to 15 months' jail yesterday.

According to Channel News Asia (CNA), Feng Yunlong, 38, and Zhang Yongxiang, 52, had arrived in Singapore on social visit passes just three days before the burglary.

The break-in occurred on December 16, 2024, in the Greenleaf View neighbourhood, part of a string of housebreaking cases reported in landed properties over the past year.

CNA reported that both men pleaded guilty to one count of housebreaking, with a similar charge taken into consideration.

Appearing in court via videolink, they were unrepresent...