WTF. Like this also get to go Changi resort?

[dredd]

Woman who lied to police that her mobile phone was snatched gets 5 days’ jail​

Lee Yi-Ching’s lies caused the police to activate 15 fast response cars to conduct a manhunt that lasted nearly two hours. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

Shaffiq Alkhatib
Court Correspondent
UPDATED

MAR 21, 2024, 07:15 PM

SINGAPORE – A woman lied to the police that a man she did not know had snatched her mobile phone in Geylang when, in fact, her boyfriend was in possession of the device at the time.
The prosecution said that she dropped the device when they quarrelled, and she was aware that her boyfriend had picked it up.
Thirty-six-year-old Lee Yi-Ching’s lies caused the police to activate 15 fast response cars to conduct a manhunt that lasted nearly two hours.

Police officers were also tasked to review footage from closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras around Lorong 32 Geylang.
The truth emerged when the police interviewed the Taiwanese woman’s boyfriend who said that he had taken the mobile phone and had intended to return it to her.
Lee finally admitted to her lies on Aug 25, 2023.

Deputy Public Prosecutor John Lu told the court: “The accused confessed that she had quarrelled with her boyfriend the previous day and he wanted to return the mobile phone to her, but she was upset with him.

“The accused also clarified that her boyfriend did not snatch or steal the mobile phone from her.”
On March 21, Lee pleaded guilty to giving false information to a public servant and was sentenced to five days’ jail.
Her boyfriend told investigators during an interview that he was with her at a pub in Sembawang on Aug 24, 2023.

The couple left at around 9pm and he drove her home in a van. For reasons not disclosed in court documents, Lee, who had consumed alcohol, screamed at the man before she alighted.
The man also got out of the vehicle and was walking her home when she dropped her mobile phone.
He picked it up but Lee refused to take back the device. Instead, she screamed at him when he tried to return it to her.
Her boyfriend left the premises with the mobile phone and decided to hand it to her the next day.

Shortly after 10pm, Lee went to Geylang Neighbourhood Police Centre and told a police officer that an unknown man had snatched her mobile phone while she was on her way home in Lorong 32 Geylang.
During the investigation, officers viewed CCTV footage showing her getting out of a van with a man before she got into an argument with him.
Police officers interviewed the boyfriend at around 3.15am, and he revealed that he had kept the mobile phone after Lee refused to take it back from him.
On March 21, the DPP urged the court to sentence Lee to up to a week in jail.
Stressing that her lies had resulted in a complete and significant waste of public resources, he added: “The accused maintained the false narrative for 16 hours and 42 minutes which resulted in the accused’s boyfriend having to be inconvenienced by the surprise and unpleasantness of the police investigations.”
For giving false information to a public servant, an offender can be jailed for up to two years and fined.

 

[dredd]

12 days’ jail for man who lied to friend about being victim of crime out of ‘boredom’​

JAN 26, 2024, 06:37 PM

SINGAPORE - A man who pranked his friend with a fake story that he had been a victim of attempted snatch theft ended up with real criminal charges for providing false information to the authorities.
Masewan Edi, 48, lied to police officers after his friend called them to investigate the case. He admitted only later that it was all made up.
On Jan 26, Masewan pleaded guilty to one count of giving false information to a public servant, and was sentenced to 12 days’ jail. Another similar charge was taken into consideration for sentencing.

Court documents said that on April 28, 2023, at around 9.40pm, Masewan called his friend and told him that three unknown Chinese men had confronted him at a Housing Board block in Bukit Batok Central.
One of them had even tried to snatch his sling bag as they walked past him, according to Masewan’s story.
Upon hearing this, his friend rushed down to meet him and called the police.

Police officers arrived at the scene of the “snatch theft” and interviewed Masewan, who repeated the same story. But while describing the incident, Masewan changed his story and said it had happened two weeks prior.

Two or three hours later, he admitted to the police officers that there had been no such incident.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Melissa Heng said: “The accused shared that he had consumed some alcohol prior to the call to (his friend) and merely wanted to prank (him) out of boredom.”
In total, 14 police officers – seven ground response officers, three investigation officers, three strike force officers and one TransCom officer – were activated for the case.
DPP Heng asked for one to two weeks’ imprisonment for Masewan, noting that significant resources were unnecessarily expended.
In court, the prosecutor said Masewan had been jailed previously for theft and fraudulent possession of property, among other offences.
Masewan, who did not have a lawyer, said in court that he was surprised when his friend called the police, as he only meant it as a joke.
He pleaded for leniency and said he is currently providing maintenance for his children.
For giving false information to a public servant, Masewan could have been jailed for up to two years, fined, or both.

 

[A Singaporean]

Just look at the CB face. Typical of low class coolie gene Sinkie from hdb.

 

[Hightech88]

Stop reading at " ... while she was on her way home in Lorong 32 Geylang."

Confirm is Cheekon.

 

[bobby]

Stop reading at " ... while she was on her way home in Lorong 32 Geylang."

Confirm is Cheekon.

This cheekon I willing to pay $100….but she must keep her glasses on when she suck my cock.

 

[Cottonmouth]

This Hokkien bitch is a waste of police resources, she should be jailed and have her cunt flogged.

 

[eatshitndie]

free meals at resort. better than paying $6.9 for kopi and kaya toast.

 

[dredd]

Getting ridiculous. Sleep outside also cannot?

Singaporeans stand up for man who was jailed for sleeping at East Coast Park pavilion​

ByJewel Stolarchuk​

JUNE 5, 2023

SINGAPORE: Singaporeans online are standing up for a man who was sentenced to four days’ jail after he was caught by the authorities sleeping in a pavilion at East Coast Park.

The majority of Singaporeans responding to the man’s sentence on online forums have asserted that this is not the solution and that the authorities should be more empathetic to the plight of the man, who has been perceived to be homeless.


The 46-year-old man, Jackson Chan Kian Leng, was caught sleeping in pavilions around the park between March and June 2022, by National Parks Board (NParks) inspectors during routine patrols.

Inspectors noticed that he occupied the pavilion from 3am to 6am and that it appeared he had “set up home” in the area, putting up an inflatable mattress, folding table and chairs, mug, cooler box, and fishing gear within the pavilion.

During the court hearing on Tuesday (30 May), the prosecutor argued that living in public parks without permission from the authorities is strictly prohibited and that Jackson’s belongings had occupied the entire pavilion, rendering it unusable for other park visitors.


Jackson pleaded guilty to two charges under the Park and Trees Act and was ultimately fined S$1,400. As he claimed he was unable to pay the amount, the judge sentenced him to four days’ jail instead.

Throughout the court proceedings, Jackson provided no explanation for his actions and did not offer any mitigation. However, during a previous hearing on 17 May, he claimed to be unaware that a permit was required to sleep in the park.

Public opinion appears to firmly be in Jackson’s camp.

The majority of netizens on online forums like fuckwarezone, Reddit and Telegram chatgroups have posited that Jackson is clearly homeless and that he should have received aid instead of punishment.


u/throwawaygreenpaq said on Reddit: “Slapping a fine on him and giving him a criminal record is definitely not the solution. Dude was definitely homeless, they should have got social services to help if they were genuinely interested in keeping him off the streets.”

Echoing this sentiment, u/Reasonable_Swing_503 questioned: “Why are we jailing homeless man instead of helping them? Shouldn’t the taxes collected from us have some budget to help these vulnerable person?”

They added, “I felt like our country is so uncompassionate and sending all these poor people to jail or slap fine on the just because they can’t and don’t have the resources to contest the charge given. These people really don’t deserve this.”

u/One_Ok avatar lamented that “it is a crime to be poor in Singapore” while u/fallenspaceman summed up the authorities’ reaction as a “stunning display of lack of empathy.”

Some pointed out that Jackson was only using the pavilion from 3am and 6am, in response to the prosecution’s argument that he rendered the area unusable for other park visitors. Asking who exactly Jackson was inconveniencing, netizens said that the authorities missed the opportunity to help a Singaporean in need.

u/annoyingrandomperson said: “So instead of helping the homeless person, they gave him a fine that he couldn’t pay, then they jailed him. Wow.”

Others highlighted the Singapore government’s former stance that there are no homeless people in Singapore and questioned the genuineness of the Government’s recent efforts to reach out to the homeless.

The Singapore government had for many years maintained the stance that there are no homeless people in the country and that homelessness is not a significant issue, unlike in other nations.

Activists, however, have argued that the government’s stance does not accurately reflect the reality on the ground and the authorities punish homeless individuals and families caught sleeping in the public instead of helping them.

This had led the homeless to fear the authorities, instead of relying on government agencies to give them a hand up.

Years of advocacy by local activists has now resulted in the Government acknowledging homeless individuals and rough sleepers here.

Ruling party politicians even post on social media about reaching out to rough sleepers in their constituencies – posts that would never have been allowed to be published just a few years ago, because it doesn’t align with the government’s former narrative.

Despite this, activists hold that gaps clearly remain and more must be done with greater compassion to uplift those in Singapore society who are at risk of being left behind.