Senior staff nurse at IMH convicted for cheating a patient

[Shin Orochi]

Senior staff nurse at IMH convicted for cheating a patient
By Ong Dai Lin/ Mustafa Shafawi | Posted: 24 May 2010 1500 hrs
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SINGAPORE: A senior staff nurse at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) was convicted on Monday morning in a district court for cheating a patient of S$2,000.

On 8 January 2009, Mong Kok Peng was helping a patient change into his attire when the patient showed him two S$1,000 notes.

The patient told Mong that he had kept the money with him instead of registering it with IMH staff as he was afraid the money would be lost.

Mong then told the patient he would keep the S$2,000 for safekeeping with IMH. Throughout the day, the patient asked Mong four times about the money.

Mong told him the money had been registered and will be returned once he was discharged. The next day, Mong, 34, went to the Singapore Turf Club to spend the $2,000 on horse racing.

While he was gambling, his colleagues called him saying the patient was about to be discharged and wanted to see him about the money.

He denied being shown the money but his offence was later discovered. He will appear in court again on June 14. - CNA/vm

 

[Yoshitsune Minamoto]

Ex-staff nurse jailed for CBT


Jun 14, 2010
Ex-staff nurse jailed for CBT

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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> A FORMER senior staff nurse who misappropriated a patient's $2,000 at the Institute of Mental Health was jailed for three months on Monday. Mong Kok Peng, 34, had earlier admitted to criminal breach of trust of Mr Wong Boon Pow's cash at Ward 33A on Jan 8 last year (09). Deputy Public Prosecutor Nicholas Khoo said Mong was helping Mr Wong, 53, who was suffering from a delusional disorder, to change into hospital attire that day when the latter showed him $2,000. He then kept the two pieces of $1,000 bills in a compartment in his belt.

Mong told the victim to hand over his belt and other belongings for safekeeping. Instead of registering the money, Mong decided to use the money to settle his personal matters first. When Mr Wong kept asking Mong about his money and other properties. Mong told him that that the money had been registered and would be returned on his discharge. While Mong was gambling in horses the next evening, his colleagues called him and said the victim wanted his money back. Mong, who has since paid back the money to the victim, could have been jailed for up to seven years and fined.

 

[Sauron]

Victim asks for 'truth'


Oct 12, 2010
Victim asks for 'truth'

By Selina Lum

IN A COURTROOM where convicted people or their lawyers argue their cases before an appeal judge, Mr Wong Boon Pow, 54, was an unusual sight. The former Institute of Mental Health (IMH) patient tried yesterday - without success - to get the High Court to compel prosecutors to relook a crime in which he was a victim.

At IMH in January last year, where he was a patient suffering from a delusion disorder, Mr Wong was persuaded by senior staff nurse Mong Kok Peng to hand over $2,000 in cash for safekeeping. Instead of registering the sum with the IMH, Mong misappropriated the money and gambled it away. In June this year, Mong was sentenced to three months' jail for criminal breach of trust (CBT).

He returned the $2,000, now being held by police. But yesterday, Mr Wong insisted that Mong should not have been charged for CBT, but for cheating, stealing and lying. He also insisted that there was a 'hidden hand' in the case - someone higher up who was directing Mong - and accused the prosecution of covering this up.

Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.