<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Probation for woman who sold stolen puppy
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Ex-pet farm owner Teo, 21, was also ordered to do 80 hours of community service. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->A FORMER pet farm owner who sold a stolen Maltese that was among 11 puppies she had bought from a worker in a neighbouring farm was put on 12 months' probation yesterday.
Amanda Teo Chu Lei, 21, was given a second chance by Community Court Judge Roy Neighbour, who also ordered her to do 80 hours of community service, observe a curfew and put up a bond of $5,000 for good behaviour.
Teo pleaded guilty to disposing of the stolen puppy and fraudulent possession of 11 puppies at Pasir Ris Farmway 2.
On May 31 last year, pet farm owner Tan Buck Chua, 46, reported that 21 of his puppies were stolen after his worker, Mohammed Alagmir Kabir Abdul Hakim Moral, informed him of the theft.
Investigation showed Mohammed Alagmir had approached Teo the day before to buy all 21 puppies which he claimed belonged to a Malaysian friend. But Teo knew he worked for Mr Tan and his asking price was 'very low'.
As she could not afford the whole lot, she paid $3,850 for 11 puppies. She got another pet farm owner to buy the rest for $3,200.
Teo later sold the Maltese to a teenager for $600. This and nine other puppies were recovered by the police. The 11th one died.
Teo's lawyer D. Rani said her client had been saving animals from the streets since she was six and had also volunteered at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in her early teens.
Teo has since closed her farm and will begin a hospitality and tourism management course.
She could have been jailed for up to three years and/or fined for disposing of stolen property. Mohammed Alagmir, who is suspected of stealing the puppies, has since gone missing.
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent
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Ex-pet farm owner Teo, 21, was also ordered to do 80 hours of community service. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->A FORMER pet farm owner who sold a stolen Maltese that was among 11 puppies she had bought from a worker in a neighbouring farm was put on 12 months' probation yesterday.
Amanda Teo Chu Lei, 21, was given a second chance by Community Court Judge Roy Neighbour, who also ordered her to do 80 hours of community service, observe a curfew and put up a bond of $5,000 for good behaviour.
Teo pleaded guilty to disposing of the stolen puppy and fraudulent possession of 11 puppies at Pasir Ris Farmway 2.
On May 31 last year, pet farm owner Tan Buck Chua, 46, reported that 21 of his puppies were stolen after his worker, Mohammed Alagmir Kabir Abdul Hakim Moral, informed him of the theft.
Investigation showed Mohammed Alagmir had approached Teo the day before to buy all 21 puppies which he claimed belonged to a Malaysian friend. But Teo knew he worked for Mr Tan and his asking price was 'very low'.
As she could not afford the whole lot, she paid $3,850 for 11 puppies. She got another pet farm owner to buy the rest for $3,200.
Teo later sold the Maltese to a teenager for $600. This and nine other puppies were recovered by the police. The 11th one died.
Teo's lawyer D. Rani said her client had been saving animals from the streets since she was six and had also volunteered at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in her early teens.
Teo has since closed her farm and will begin a hospitality and tourism management course.
She could have been jailed for up to three years and/or fined for disposing of stolen property. Mohammed Alagmir, who is suspected of stealing the puppies, has since gone missing.
