Re: Singapore Shoplifter jailed 11 years!
- From: $M Man <$Mman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 22:30:55 GMT
Don't we all know Singapore-born citizens are DIRT-CHEAP in the eyes of
the authorities? Haven't you try pretending to be an expatriate to get the
Red Carpet treatment in Singapore? Hey this is fact and is here to stay.
On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 05:03:59 -0700, Happy Singaporean wrote:
> 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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