Multiple Facebook and Twitter posts shared thousands of times claim that Singapore treats anyone older than seven years old as an adult in the criminal court system and suggest that Thailand should adopt a similar system. The posts claim youths aged over seven who are convicted of a crime face "the same punishment as adults". The posts circulated online after large youth-led pro-democracy demonstrations were staged in Thailand, which saw thousands of teenagers take to the streets calling for reform. The claim is false; as of July 2020, the age of criminal responsibility in Singapore is 10 years of age; anyone aged between 10 and 18 who is charged with a crime in Singapore faces prosecution in a Youth Court and they will not "receive the same punishment as adults" as the misleading post claims.
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