Burglar who stole $2 in break-in jailed 2 years

[lauhunku]

Aug 4, 2011

Burglar who stole $2 in break-in jailed 2 years

By Elena Chong

A MALAYSIAN was given the minimum two years' jail on Thursday for housebreaking and theft of a cash register containing $2. DESMOND WEE

A MALAYSIAN was given the minimum two years' jail on Thursday for housebreaking and theft of a cash register containing $2.

Ansar Anwar, 24, pleaded guilty to breaking into Sakae Sushi at Parco Bugis Junction and stealing the cash on June 28, 2011.

He used to work there as a cleaner from 2007 to 2009.

He arrived in Singapore two days earlier to look for a job and to borrow money from a friend.

When he could not find a job or locate his friend, he decided to break into the restaurant by forcing open the back door.

He could have been jailed for up to 14 years.

 

[Okuni]

Ansar Anwar (above) was handed the minimum punishment under the law after he had pleaded guilty to housebreaking and theft by night at a Sakae Sushi restaurant here.



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