Former childcare teacher jailed for drug trafficking

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Former childcare teacher jailed for drug trafficking
By Leong Wai Kit | Posted: 18 October 2012 1751 hrs

SINGAPORE: A former childcare teacher who helped her boyfriend peddle drugs has been sentenced to seven years' jail for drug trafficking.

Lee Kim Hwa, 55, was arrested in September last year by Central Narcotics Bureau officers.

She had with her a packet of powdery substance in her bag, containing at least seven grammes of heroin.

The court heard that Lee became involved in drug trafficking through her boyfriend, Chng Teck Choon.

They lived together in a house in Tanjong Katong Road from December 2010 to end-April last year.

During that period, Chng traded drugs while Lee helped to maintain transaction records.

After Chng was jailed in May 2011, he asked Lee to take over the drug-trading business.

Lee also took over two of Chng's mobile phones, which were used to communicate with drug dealers and buyers.

She then moved out and lived with her daughter.

On September 20 last year, Lee received a call from a Malaysian dealer, who told her a batch of drugs would arrive in Singapore the next day.

She would be paid $500 to receive and deliver them to a buyer.

After picking up the drugs at a pre-arranged place, the buyer told Lee to wait for further arrangements.

Lee then decided to head home, and was caught at about 8.30pm that day, near Rhu Cross (near Fort Road).

Lee could have been jailed up to 20 years.

- CNA/de

 

[Vultan]

Love is a drug deal and a jail term

October 19, 2012 - 3:19am

By: Elizabeth Law

PICTURE: Singapore Police Force

A CHILDCARE teacher became a drug dealer because of her boyfriend.

The court heard that Lee Kim Hwa, 55, got into the drug business in May last year after her boyfriend, Chng Teck Choon, was jailed.

He gave her his two mobile phones and told her that somebody known as “Ah Kong” would update her through those phones.

She was to pick up drugs and deliver them to specified locations. She would be paid for every successful delivery.

She was arrested last year with a package that was later found to contain 7.68g of heroin.

Yesterday, she was jailed seven years for drug trafficking.

Read the full report in The New Paper on Friday (Oct 19).