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Aug 26, 2010
Jailed for aiding loanshark son
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Did it out of 'motherly affection'
* As Goh could not open a bank account here, he asked his mother to open one for him so that repayments from debtors could be deposited into the account.
* Lim opened a savings account with OCBC in Hougang Mall in April 2008 and handed the ATM card to Goh.
* Once or twice a month, he would ask her to withdraw large sums of money and he would give her $1,000 to $2,000 for her help.
* Mr Michael Yap Gim Chuan said his client did it out of motherly affection. She also has a mental history which requires long term medication for her chronic illness.
A WOMAN who helped her son withdraw $505,000 for over a year to facilitate his loansharking business, was jailed for six months on Thursday. Lim Kin Noi, 57, had pleaded guilty to six counts of assisting Robin Goh carry on his illegal moneylending business by withdrawing between $50,000 and $70,000 from her OCBC account between July last year and January this year. Another five similar charges were considered during her sentencing.
Goh, 36, was convicted last month of multiple charges of illegal moneylending and other offences, and was jailed three years and fined $400,000 or 22 months in default. The fines were not paid. The court heard that Goh fled to Malaysia 13 years ago and was a wanted man for loansharking activities and evasion from national service. Five years ago, he started running the illegal moneylending business from his base in Johor Baru.