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Aug 5, 2010
Thief junks valuable stamps
By Khushwant Singh

SORTING his loot after a burglary, Matthew Ong Joo Wah kept the $180,000 in cash and foreign currencies, the two Rolex watches worth a total of $11,000, and threw away four albums containing old China stamps, which he thought was worthless.

Only after he was arrested about two weeks later, did he learn that the stamps were valued at $100,000. By then, they could not be found.

The 30-year-old pleaded guilty to three counts of housebreaking on Thursday. As he had several previous convictions for theft and cheating, District Judge Sarjit Singh called for corrective training and preventive detention reports. Such longer and tougher detention is meant for seasoned offenders.

The court heard that at 12pm on March 11, Ong noticed that an apartment at Le Meritt condominium in Telok Kurau appeared unoccupied. He sneaked in after forcing open the balcony's sliding door.

Finding a safe in a bedroom, he wrapped it in a blanket and carried it to his car. After he forced the safe open, he kept the money, the watches but disposed off the stamp albums at the rubbish collection point.

Ong then went to Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), where he sold the watches to an illegal second-hand dealer and gambled some of the money away. The next day, he flew off to Vietnam with his Vietnamese girlfriend. There he gave her $6,000.

He was arrested at the Causeway checkpoint upon his return on March 26. Cash amounting to $113,400 was recovered from him.

Ong also admitted to breaking into two other homes and stealing a total of $17,000 in cash and $25,000 worth of jewellery and watches. He sold off the stolen items and then gambled away the money at RWS.

matamafia said:

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_562417.html



The Straits Times
www.straitstimes.com
Singapore
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
Aug 5, 2010
Thief junks valuable stamps
By Khushwant Singh

SORTING his loot after a burglary, Matthew Ong Joo Wah kept the $180,000 in cash and foreign currencies, the two Rolex watches worth a total of $11,000, and threw away four albums containing old China stamps, which he thought was worthless.

Only after he was arrested about two weeks later, did he learn that the stamps were valued at $100,000. By then, they could not be found.

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I think the owner most sayang about his stamps. So sad that this happened.

Wow, the owner kept $180K cash at home. Very good target, one hit is very lucrative. I can understand having valuables but why the need to keep the cash?

Spock said:

Wow, the owner kept $180K cash at home. Very good target, one hit is very lucrative. I can understand having valuables but why the need to keep the cash?

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Maybe owner

- is a loanshark
- need cash to gamble
- need cash to pay workers
- or just simply don't trust that bloody DBS bank

He was arrested at the Causeway checkpoint upon his return on March 26. Cash amounting to $113,400 was recovered from him.

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How did Police at the Causeway checkpoint know it was him?

And he still have $113,400 on him? He should have put the money in a bank in Vietnam and say he lost all the money at RWS.

matamafia said:

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_562417.html



The Straits Times
www.straitstimes.com
Singapore
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
Aug 5, 2010
Thief junks valuable stamps
By Khushwant Singh

SORTING his loot after a burglary, Matthew Ong Joo Wah kept the $180,000 in cash and foreign currencies, the two Rolex watches worth a total of $11,000, and threw away four albums containing old China stamps, which he thought was worthless.

Only after he was arrested about two weeks later, did he learn that the stamps were valued at $100,000. By then, they could not be found.

The 30-year-old pleaded guilty to three counts of housebreaking on Thursday. As he had several previous convictions for theft and cheating, District Judge Sarjit Singh called for corrective training and preventive detention reports. Such longer and tougher detention is meant for seasoned offenders.

The court heard that at 12pm on March 11, Ong noticed that an apartment at Le Meritt condominium in Telok Kurau appeared unoccupied. He sneaked in after forcing open the balcony's sliding door.

Finding a safe in a bedroom, he wrapped it in a blanket and carried it to his car. After he forced the safe open, he kept the money, the watches but disposed off the stamp albums at the rubbish collection point.

Ong then went to Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), where he sold the watches to an illegal second-hand dealer and gambled some of the money away. The next day, he flew off to Vietnam with his Vietnamese girlfriend. There he gave her $6,000.

He was arrested at the Causeway checkpoint upon his return on March 26. Cash amounting to $113,400 was recovered from him.

Ong also admitted to breaking into two other homes and stealing a total of $17,000 in cash and $25,000 worth of jewellery and watches. He sold off the stolen items and then gambled away the money at RWS.

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In Iron Curtain countries he would have been given the death penalty ie execution by a firing squad. And people including the dumb Western liberals are saying Singapore is strict, draconian blah blah.

Spock said:

Wow, the owner kept $180K cash at home. Very good target, one hit is very lucrative. I can understand having valuables but why the need to keep the cash?

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This thief is obviously a dumb Ku-Ku, to have dumped stamps and spent cash in CCB PAP CASINO. I am a total dummy about stamp collections, but when stamp album was found in a safe with cash, it is surely valuable collection needless to doubt.

The more it is rare and valuable, the easier it would be to get caught selling them. So can not sell in SGP for sure.

http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100806-0000075/He-robbed-homes-to-feed-gambling-habit


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He robbed homes to feed gambling habit
by Ong Dai Lin
05:55 AM Aug 06, 2010
SINGAPORE - Married with two kids, he also had two vices - a woman on the side and a gambling habit.

His life became messier when he broke into three homes in March and stole $350,000 in cash and valuables.

After stealing the valuables, Matthew Ong Joo Wah, 36, a former site supervisor, would go to the casino in Resorts World Sentosa to sell some of the items to an illegal goods dealer.

He would then gamble the money away.

Ong was arrested at the Woodlands Checkpoint by the police after returning to Singapore from an overseas trip with his mistress. Around $110,000 in cash and a Rolex watch were recovered.

Yesterday, Ong pleaded guilty to three charges of housebreaking.

His lawyer, Mr Raymond Ng, told the court in mitigation that Ong, who had previous convictions for theft, had turned over a new leaf after he was released from prison in 2003.

Mr Ng said Ong found a job and was a happily-married family man.

But his troubles started when a former colleague introduced him to a 20-year-old Vietnamese woman in January.

Ong became so infatuated with her that he could not concentrate on work and was sacked as a result, said Mr Ng. He also had frequent quarrels with his wife because of his affair.

Mr Ng said that Ong had realised how foolish he had been and was deeply remorseful for his actions. He added that Ong's wife was standing by him and was the one who had engaged a lawyer for him.

Ong cried as he stood in the dock listening to his lawyer's mitigation.

He will appear in court again on Aug 26.


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Teo Kok Eng said:

Maybe owner

- is a loanshark
- need cash to gamble
- need cash to pay workers
- or just simply don't trust that bloody DBS bank

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maybe owner needs to be investigated too?