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Nov 3, 2009 Loanshark runner jailed <!--10 min-->
<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Khushwant Singh </td></tr> </tbody></table> <!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--> A LOANSHARK runner, who threw burning tissue paper onto a parked car in Clementi, was jailed for two years and three months on Tuesday. Although Rain Chia Kuan Guan, 25, only caused $28 damage to the car, the district court viewed it as a dangerous act as a fire could have damaged other vehicles. For scribbling loanshark warnings outside a flat in Ang Mo Kio, Chia was further jailed a year and three months and ordered to be caned three times, extending his prison term to 3 1/2 years. In addition, he was fined a total of $2,800 and disqualified from driving for a year for traffic violations. Five other charges for harassing other debtors and fleeing the scene of a traffic accident were considered by the judge in sentencing. All the offences were committed in June.
