Only 2 Weeks for Indon Maid for Serious Theft + Falsification of Robbery!

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Jul 6, 2010

Maid jailed for theft, lying

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AN INDONESIAN maid who stole from her employer's mother-in-law twice and blamed the ex-maid was jailed for 10 months on Monday.
On May 27, Desi Kurnia Dewi, 23, was found unconscious in the flat with two wooden chairs on top of her by her employer's mother-in-law, Madam Chan Har Mooi, 68.
The maid, who had earlier stolen foreign currencies and jewellery from the victim, claimed that she was assaulted by ex-maid Siti Mariah before she lost consciousness.
Siti Mariah was arrested and remanded for two weeks.
Further investigation showed that she staged the robbery after forcing open the drawer to steal valuables. She caused some bruises to her arms and pretended to have passed out.
On June 11, she handed $500 to Madam Chan and asked her to buy an air ticket for her to go home, claiming her family members had sent her the money.
Suspicious, Madam Chan checked and found $2,888 missing from a red box in a drawer. In her statement to the police, she again alleged that Siti Mariah had instigated her to steal.
Desi could have been jailed for up to seven years and fined for theft as a servant. For giving false information to the police, she could have been jailed for up to one year and/or fined up to $5,000.

 

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Compared to this, which is really the execution of a constitutional right.

Jul 6, 2010

SDP's Chee, supporter fined

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Asked by the court to explain why he was pressing for a light sentence, Chee (above) said he had nothing to say. -- ST PHOTOS: WONG KWAI CHOW

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OPPOSITION leader Chee Soon Juan and a friend was fined $5,000 and $2,000 respectively on Monday for making public speeches without a licence in the lead-up to the 2006 general elections.
They are appealing and were released on a $5,000 personal bond each.
During the 15-day trial that started in March, Chee, 47, the secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), and Yap Keng Ho, 48, a party supporter, argued that they were not speaking publicly.
They said they were merely promoting the sale of party publications on April 15 in 2008 near Bangkit Road in Bukit Panjang. Both had no lawyers.
District Judge Jill Tan said the prosecution had proved that both men had addressed the public without a licence issued under the Public Entertainment and Meeting Act.
Asked by the court to explain why he was pressing for a light sentence, Chee said he had nothing to say. Yap instead asked for the maximum $10,000 fine as the businessman 'wanted to demonstrate his resolve against the unreasonable application of the Act'. However, Judge Tan said that the maximum fine was not appropriate in this instance.

=> Good one, Uncle Yap!