Singapore
Apr 14, 2010
Trio jailed for equipment thefts
<!-- by line --> By Khushwant Singh
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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> THREE men, who stole high tech equipment worth more than $1.3 million from an oil rig builder here, sold it to a hardware dealer for just $24,000. Former security guard Mohammad Noor Kalit, 50, who received $4,900 for his part in the thefts, was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in jail by District Judge Eddy Tham Tong Kong in February. Accomplice Chay Wai Seng, 41, was also jailed 5 1/2 years, while Suraime Samsi, 32, who has previous theft convictions, was jailed 6 1/2 years.
Mohammad Noor is appealing and in the judgement released this week, the judge said that the sale of the stolen items at a mere fraction of their actual cost was 'clearly immaterial'. Judge Tham pointed out that besides the huge monetary loss in obtaining replacement parts, 'there would be other non-monetary harm caused in terms of stress over possible delays in building the largest oil rig in Singapore and consequential losses.' The court had heard that although Keppel Fels was constructing the oil rig, some of the machinery to be installed on it was stored in a warehouse at SH Cogent Logistics in Tuas.
Read the full report in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
Apr 14, 2010
Trio jailed for equipment thefts
<!-- by line --> By Khushwant Singh
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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> THREE men, who stole high tech equipment worth more than $1.3 million from an oil rig builder here, sold it to a hardware dealer for just $24,000. Former security guard Mohammad Noor Kalit, 50, who received $4,900 for his part in the thefts, was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in jail by District Judge Eddy Tham Tong Kong in February. Accomplice Chay Wai Seng, 41, was also jailed 5 1/2 years, while Suraime Samsi, 32, who has previous theft convictions, was jailed 6 1/2 years.
Mohammad Noor is appealing and in the judgement released this week, the judge said that the sale of the stolen items at a mere fraction of their actual cost was 'clearly immaterial'. Judge Tham pointed out that besides the huge monetary loss in obtaining replacement parts, 'there would be other non-monetary harm caused in terms of stress over possible delays in building the largest oil rig in Singapore and consequential losses.' The court had heard that although Keppel Fels was constructing the oil rig, some of the machinery to be installed on it was stored in a warehouse at SH Cogent Logistics in Tuas.
Read the full report in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
