Man who posed as cop gets 6 years' corrective training
Published on Jun 18, 2012
Koh Kah Yong, 27, a Singapore permanent resident, committed 34 offences within a year of his release from corrective training. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
By Elena Chong
An unemployed man who posed as a cop and stole mobile phones from his victims was sentenced to six years' corrective training on Monday.
Koh Kah Yong, 27, a Singapore permanent resident, committed 34 offences within a year of his release from corrective training.
The court heard that he would flash a military identity card and identify himself as a police officer from the Criminal Investigation Department. He then demanded for the victims' identity cards.
Some of the victims, aged 14 to 21 years, also handed their mobile phones to him as he claimed that he needed to verify the serial numbers.
Read the full story in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.
