System engineer jailed 42 months for stealing network equipment

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System engineer jailed 42 months for stealing over $351,000 worth of network equipment

Published on Jun 8, 2015 6:40 PM

System engineer Michael Lin Weihong was sentenced to 42 months' jail on Monday for stealing more than $351,000 worth of backup network components from KK Women's and Children's Hospital. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN

By Andrea Ng

SINGAPORE - A system engineer who stole more than $351,000 worth of backup network components from KK Women's and Children's Hospital was on Monday sentenced to 42 months' jail.

Michael Lin Weihong, 31, admitted to four charges of theft in dwelling, with seven others taken into consideration.

He committed the offences between Feb 20 and May 5 last year, shortly after his former employer Integrated Health Information System sent him to the hospital to help upgrade the existing network connectivity infrastructure.

Using the same modus operandi each time, Lin would delink and disconnect the main network system from the backup components with his work ID. He then physically removed backup parts such as network switches.