Two Romanian ‘foreign talents’ allowed to jump bail again

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[h=2]Two Romanian ‘foreign talents’ allowed to jump bail again[/h]Posted by temasektimes on May 18, 2012
Two Romanian ‘foreign talents’ have jumped bail after they were charged in court on Feb 21 with dishonestly receiving stolen property.
31 years old Iulia Anamaria Dobrin and her 35 year old friend Cristian Bogdan are accused of receiving stolen items such as cigars and perfumes.
Iulia was working as a teacher in a kindergarten. It is not known how she managed to get a work permit to work in Singapore as a kindergarten teacher as it is not a job shunned by Singaporeans.
Both Iulia and Cristian are supposed to be in oucrt on March 6 after their lawyer, Mr Peter Fernando, made an application for them to leave Singapore between Feb 27 and March 5. It was granted and the pair were released on court bail of $30,000 each.
However, they have not returned to Singapore and have been residing in Romania ever since, citing ‘medical reasons’.
There is no extradition treaty between Singapore and Romania. It is highly unlikely that they will ever return to Singapore to stand trial for their crimes.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

30k to buy freedom.
Cheep cheep cheep.
Pocket 30k better than to feed them free in prison.
Sinkie courts very smart

 

[chonburifc]

FT can jump bail because they have backup place or places to runroad when there is trouble in Sinking Land. Sinkees dio dai zhi only can go Changi Chalet.

 

[QXD]

Guarantor must be sinkie resident right?

That means Sinkie courts rather make their own people suffer than to hurt their precious FTs.

 

[looneytan]

Iulia was working as a teacher in a kindergarten. It is not known how she managed to get a work permit to work in Singapore as a kindergarten teacher as it is not a job shunned by Singaporeans.

hooraay, got one kindergarten teacher job back to Singaporean

 

[Cruxx]

hooraay, got one kindergarten teacher job back to Singaporean

A tragedy for the innocent children born in this god forsaken cuntry.

 

[Maxima]

Two Romanians refuse to return to S'pore

By Shaffiq Alkhatib and Chai Hung Yin
The New Paper
Sunday, May 20, 2012

SINGAPORE - In February, The New Paper reported that a New Zealander and a Briton jumped bail and fled Singapore after they were allegedly involved in a brawl at Suntec City in 2010.

Now, two more foreigners, both Romanians, have done likewise after they were charged in court on Feb 21 with dishonestly receiving stolen property.

They are kindergarten teacher Iulia Anamaria Dobrin, 31, and her friend, businessman Cristian Bogdan, 35.

Their warrants of arrest were issued on May 3.

Both of them are accused of receiving 99 boxes containing items such as cigars and perfumes.

It is alleged that they had also received 35 packets and cartons of cigars and cigarettes.

The duo allegedly committed the offence at the Orchard Hotel at around 2pm on Feb 5.

They were due to be in court on March 6.

Their lawyer, Mr Peter Fernando, made an application for them to leave Singapore between Feb 27 and March 5.

It was granted and the pair were released on court bail of $30,000 each.

But they were still in Romania on March 5, citing medical reasons.

Mr Fernando had stated that Bogdan was unable to travel due to his "mental and physical state", as he was said to be suffering from post-traumatic stress and panic disorders after his remand in Singapore.

Dobrin, on the other hand, was admitted at the Bucharest Emergency University Hospital on March 4 for health issues, including secondary anaemia and depressive moods.

Speaking to TNP on Thursday, Mr Fernando said that he has been e-mailing the pair, requesting them to return to Singapore as soon as possible.

If convicted of dishonestly receiving stolen property, they could each be sentenced to five years' jail and fined.

Lawyers TNP spoke to said that jumping bail doesn't necessarily mean that a person is guilty of the offence charged.

Mr Chia Boon Teck, co-managing partner of Chia Wong LLP, said: "It could be that being a foreigner and unfamiliar with our criminal justice system, they fear that they may not be treated fairly or justly or lawfully."

He explained that a bail of an appropriate amount is offered to an accused person with the consideration that if he or she runs away, the bail amount is a reasonable sum to forfeit.

He said: "The bail amount should be an appropriate fraction of the prescribed punishment for the offence.

"The bail amount should not be equal to the punishment itself since the accused is innocent until proven guilty."

An accused person who has jump bail will be placed on the "wanted" list and will be arrested the next time he or she returns to Singapore, said Mr Chia.

Interpol

He said: "In certain cases, the police may work with Interpol to arrest the accused overseas and extradite him to Singapore to face the music."

Mr Chia noted that Singapore has a low "jump bail" rate.

He added that it is "testimony that our criminal justice system is a respectable and transparent one that strikes a balance between meting out justice and respecting the principle that an accused is innocent until proven guilty".

And even if they get away, they will also have to deal with the mental pressure.

He said: "They will be punished and imprisoned mentally because they will always be looking over their shoulders in suspicion that they are being followed.

"Many bail jumpers surrender themselves after a few years' exile because they cannot handle the stress of always having to look over their shoulders."

He added that the current bail process is working fine.

"No system is perfect. We should not have a knee-jerk reaction and question the system every time something negative happens," he said.

This article was first published in The New Paper.