Mar 24, 2010
3 held for harrassment
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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> POLICE arrested three persons for suspected involvement in loanshark harassment in two separate cases on Wednesday morning. The first suspect was nabbed at about 2 am in the vicinity of Hougang Street 91. Officers who were conducting anti-crime rounds spotted the man behaving suspiciously at a void deck and stopped him for a check. The man was found to have loanshark harassment related paraphernalia such as black marker pens, plastic bags containing red paint, a mobile phone and a list of suspected debtors' addresses.
Preliminary investigations revealed that he was a debtor-turned-runner who had assisted loansharks in harassing debtors by by splashing paint and scrawling loanshark-related graffiti on their unit?s walls at Hougang, Ang Mo Kio, Upper Aljunied and Sin Ming housing estates. In the second case, following a public tip-off on a couple behaving suspiciously along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3, officers managed to nab the 19-year-old male and 18-year-old female after a short chase at about 2.10 am.
A sling bag containing a few cans of paint, several marker pens and a bicycle cable lock was seized. Preliminary investigations revealed that both suspects were believed to be involved in loanshark harassment cases at Jurong, Choa Chu Kang, Toa Payoh and Rivervale housing estates. All three suspects will be charged in court on Thursday for loanshark harassment. Under the amended Moneylenders Act 2008, first time offenders found guilty of loanshark harassment can be jailed up to five years and fined up to $50,000. They are also liable to be caned up to six strokes.
3 held for harrassment
<!-- by line --> By Reico Wong
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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> POLICE arrested three persons for suspected involvement in loanshark harassment in two separate cases on Wednesday morning. The first suspect was nabbed at about 2 am in the vicinity of Hougang Street 91. Officers who were conducting anti-crime rounds spotted the man behaving suspiciously at a void deck and stopped him for a check. The man was found to have loanshark harassment related paraphernalia such as black marker pens, plastic bags containing red paint, a mobile phone and a list of suspected debtors' addresses.
Preliminary investigations revealed that he was a debtor-turned-runner who had assisted loansharks in harassing debtors by by splashing paint and scrawling loanshark-related graffiti on their unit?s walls at Hougang, Ang Mo Kio, Upper Aljunied and Sin Ming housing estates. In the second case, following a public tip-off on a couple behaving suspiciously along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3, officers managed to nab the 19-year-old male and 18-year-old female after a short chase at about 2.10 am.
A sling bag containing a few cans of paint, several marker pens and a bicycle cable lock was seized. Preliminary investigations revealed that both suspects were believed to be involved in loanshark harassment cases at Jurong, Choa Chu Kang, Toa Payoh and Rivervale housing estates. All three suspects will be charged in court on Thursday for loanshark harassment. Under the amended Moneylenders Act 2008, first time offenders found guilty of loanshark harassment can be jailed up to five years and fined up to $50,000. They are also liable to be caned up to six strokes.
