SINGAPORE: Four former SMRT bus drivers pleaded guilty in court on Monday and were convicted for inciting and participating in last November's illegal bus strike.
He Jun Ling, 32, Gao Yue Qiang, 32, Liu Xiangying, 33, and Wang Xian Jie, 39, had earlier claimed trial with trial dates set for the 4 to 8 March.
But last Friday, the four men's lawyers said their clients' decision to plead came after prosecution gave an indication of the various sentencing options.
On 26 November 2012, 171 SMRT bus drivers failed to report for duty in a protest over pay and living conditions.
Eighty-eight of them stayed away from work the next day.
In December 2012, a SMRT bus driver, Bao Feng Shan, 38, also from China, was sentenced to six weeks' jail for taking part in the same illegal strike.
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