SINGAPORE — Switzerland's president did not plead for leniency for a Swiss train vandal during a visit to Singapore, and said there was no "big debate" over the issue, reports said Saturday.

Oliver Fricker, a 32-year-old Swiss national, was sentenced to five months' jail and three strokes of the cane in June after pleading guilty to breaking into a metro depot and spray-painting a train.

In a meeting with Singapore President S.R. Nathan, Switzerland's Doris Leuthard said that punishing Fricke...