Chinese national jailed 1 1/2 years for gold scam
Published on Apr 02, 2013
Items confiscated by the police from two Chinese nationals are displayed after they were arrested on Jan 6, 2013. One of whom, Xiong Jianyuan, who came here equipped to cheat Singaporeans, was jailed for a year and six months on Tuesday, April 4, 2013. -- PHOTO: SHIN MIN
By Khushwant Singh
A Chinese national who came here equipped to cheat Singaporeans was jailed for a year and six months on Tuesday.
Xiong Jianyuan, 41, brought in fake gold ingots and statues as well as 14 fragments of real gold, a district court head.
He and accomplice Yang Yanqun, 45, arrived here on Dec 25 last year and checked into a Geylang hotel. Some days later, Yang phoned retiree Yong Heong Seng, 77, pretending to be a distant relative from Xiamen city in China.
On Jan 6, the duo met him at a food centre in Bishan. The two men lied that they had been working here for several years and had unearthed some gold items at a construction site. They asked Mr Yong if he wanted to buy them.
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