False police reports can create big trouble for you
April 17, 2013 - 1:12am
By: Lynette Tan
When he reported that he had been robbed at knife point, Clementi Police Division officers quickly questioned potential witnesses at the crime scene in the vicinity of Stirling Road.
But when the 21-year-old “victim” himself was probed, it became clear that there was no robbery.
It turned out he had made a false report on April 10 after gambling away $2,000.
The incident prompted the Clementi Police Division chief, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Police Melvin Yong, to remind the public on the consequences of giving false information and wasting police resources.
The maximum penalty is imprisonment for a year and a $5,000 fine.
Read the full story in The New Paper on Wednesday (April 17)
