Retiree jailed, fined, for illegal 4D racket

[fallon]

May 4, 2011

Retiree jailed, fined, for illegal 4D racket

By Khushwant Singh

A RETIRED fishmonger was on Wednesday jailed a month and fined $50,000 for helping a crime syndicate run an illegal lottery for more than a year.

Police had raided the East Coast Road flat of Teo Miang Chiang, 65, in the afternoon of Dec 4 2010, but the evidence they were looking for was in his Toyota Altis car.

From there, officers seized lists of bets placed on 4-digit numbers, more than $1,100 in cash, a calculator and a fax machines.

After his arrest, Teo admitted to working for an illegal syndicate that ran a public lottery since late 2009.

Teo had similar previous convictions for which he was fined $60,000 and jailed six months in 1990.

Asking the court to impose a heavy fine and a short jail term, defence counsel R.S. Wijaya said that Teo went back to work as a runner for the syndicate as he wanted to help his daughter financially. She is stricken with terminal breast cancer.

 

[fallon]

May 11, 2011

Retiree jailed, fined $50K for illegal 4D racket

By Khushwant Singh

A retired fishmonger was jailed a month and fined $50,000 for helping a crime syndicate run an illegal lottery for more than a year. -- ST PHOTO: TERENCE TAN

A RETIRED fishmonger was jailed a month and fined $50,000 for helping a crime syndicate run an illegal lottery for more than a year.

Police had raided the East Coast Road flat of Teo Miang Chiang, 65, in the afternoon of Dec 4, 2010, but the evidence they were looking for was in his Toyota Altis car.

From there, officers seized lists of bets placed on 4-digit numbers, more than $1,100 in cash, a calculator and a fax machines.

After his arrest, Teo admitted to working for an illegal syndicate that ran a public lottery since late 2009.

Teo had similar previous convictions for which he was fined $60,000 and jailed six months in 1990.

Asking the court to impose a heavy fine and a short jail term, defence counsel R S Wijaya said that Teo went back to work as a runner for the syndicate as he wanted to help his daughter financially.

She is stricken with terminal breast cancer.