Re: Singapore Shoplifter jailed 11 years!
- From: Nia Bor Ker <Use-Author-Address-Header@[127.1]>
- Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 08:05:48 -0700 (PDT)
Singapore's Iron Fisted, very harsh and cruel Rules......for shop lifting 11 years only ah? In
Singapore how not to be scared of the government?
"Happy Singaporean" <seeker9912@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> My blog:http://happycitizen.blogspot.com
>
> Singapore has the finest legal system in the world. It is based on
> important principle enshrined in our pledge that all judgements are
> based on "JUSTICE and EQUALITY". Indeed, we can see the success of the
> system in the low crime rates. Singaporeans are so lucky to have such a
> fine legal system. Under Yong Pung How, the legal system is even better
> now than ever!
>
> Take the case of 53 yr old Mdm Yong who was given a jail sentence of 11
> years for shoplifting, it goes to show how much advancement our
> judicial system has made since the 1990s. In the 1990s, a crook by the
> name of Nick Leeson, stole $1.3 billion and was only given 6.5 years
> jail term by our legal system. See how much we have advanced..... Now
> we are able to jail Singaporeans for shoplifting wallets and bangles
> for 11 years. The shoplifters makes a mockery of other Singaporean's
> favorite pasttime of shopping by taking and not paying.....this is
> heinous indeed, it is such an evil crime and our enlightened courts
> knows it.
>
> As for Nick Leeson, he was release after less than 5 years. He is now
> Commercial Manager of Galway United Football Club.
>
> ------------------------------------
> The sisters then went on an hour-long shoplifting spree and were later
> nabbed.
> On Monday, Yong, 53, was jailed for 11 years.
> Now, it will be a long time before her sons get another chance to plan
> a Mothers' Day dinner for her.
> Waiting for mum is now second nature to them.
> That's because the Mothers' Day incident on 8 May was not Yong's first
> brush with the law.
> For 15 of the last 20 years, Changi Prison was like her second home.
> The divorcee was in jail as far back as 1978, and has returned many
> times since then, because of various thefts.
> This time, she had been freed from jail just three months before she
> stole again.
> Yong's lawyer, Mr David Ng, told The New Paper: 'She went out with her
> sister as she was bored. Her sons thought she'd be back soon and were
> waiting for her to go out for dinner.'
> Yong lives in a four-room flat in Hougang with her three sons, one in
> his 30s, another in his 20s and the youngest still in his teens. They
> declined to be interviewed.
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