Suspected loanshark runner tried to bribe police officers
Published on Sep 2, 2011
A suspected loanshark runner got into trouble with the law both by allegedly splashing paint on a debtor's door and trying to bribe three police officers in two separate attempts. -- PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER
By Jalelah Abu Baker
A suspected loanshark runner got into trouble with the law both by allegedly splashing paint on a debtor's door and trying to bribe three police officers in two separate attempts.
The 42-year-old man was arrested for his suspected involvement in loansharking activities on Friday, after the police received a report that a unit in Block 44, Telok Blangah Drive was splashed with paint.
He was caught behaving suspiciously at the block's void deck. At about 2pm, when two officers arrived, he offered them $200 in return for not arresting him.
When his offer was not taken by them, he tried again with a senior station inspector who arrived at the scene to meet his officers.
This time, he offered $100, and was rejected again.
First-time offenders found guilty of assisting in the carrying on of the business of an unlicensed moneylender may be fined between $30,000 and $300,000, be imprisoned for a maximum term of four years and shall also be liable to be punished with caning with a maximum of six strokes.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
