Re: Singapore Shoplifter jailed 11 years!

even if you dyed your hair blonde and change name to robert still a
***,japs and gook has to wait for good service

"$M Man" <$Mman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.10.07.22.30.52.659887@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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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