Gambler sets herself ablaze

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Dec 23, 2009

Gambler sets herself ablaze

<!-- by line --> By Khushwant Singh

MADAM Wee Chiok was a familiar face on casino cruises and enjoyed playing mahjong with her friends for cash stakes. When the 67-year-old retiree's finances could not keep up with her gambling habit, she turned to loan sharks. Pressed to make good on her debts, she killed herself on Feb 6 by setting herself alight. Investigations revealed that the extent of her debt was $4,500. After Madam Wee's ghastly death, the police found several numbers on her phone that they believed to be linked to loan sharks, including a Chinese national, but no leads were found. But a spike in complaints about harassment by loan sharks has prompted a parliamentary Bill to invoke mandatory caning for loan sharks and their associates who hurt anyone or damage property. There were 13,771 complaints in the first nine months of this year compared to 11,789 for the whole of last year.

Read the full report in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.

 

[boundThunter]

The portend to more heartbreaks to come with the opening of the IR.

 

[singveld]

this is nothing.

if some addicted gambler kill his whole family and then himself over gambling debt in IR, then there is major shit.

 

[halsey02]

The portend to more heartbreaks to come with the opening of the IR.

Happened to chat with a cab driver, while taking his cab, was telling me that he had picked up, old aunties regulary to the ferry terminal for boarding to the gambling ships. It seems that, they are a lot of them, these days.

Furthermore, there those who became "MEMBERS", and lost money at MEMBER'S CLUB, playing the "one arm bandit". I know of a relative, who is over 60 plus working for Ants Till You C, lost S$10,000 in the "members room".

You, "MEMBER"..

 

[kensington]

The portend to more heartbreaks to come with the opening of the IR.

In years to come, historians will trace the breaking down of Singapore to these two wretched letters IR.

The social impact will be horrendous, crimes will skyrocket, frauds will be prevalent to feed all these gambling addictions.

A truly self fulfiling prophecy of the demise of Singapore.

The very rich is to some extent, insulated.
The middle class will be decimated.
The poor will be obliterated...Just like LKY slways wanted.

 

[Char_Azn]

Its it just me or does it seem like there is a sudden surge of gamblers having tragic end news recently. Sounds like the government is doing their "gambling kills" campaign real early

 

[halsey02]

Its it just me or does it seem like there is a sudden surge of gamblers having tragic end news recently. Sounds like the government is doing their "gambling kills" campaign real early

How about addiction to SINGAPORE POOLS?, 99.9% of SINgaporeanS adults are addicted to it!, no shame to say, me too!

We need our fix, the average ones that is, Monday - TOTO, Wednesday 4D, once a month BIG SWEEP, Saturday / Sunday 4D.

Then we have those, the above plus Football, anything, from SEA games to Cameroon League ( ha ha ha , kdding lah!), most football leagues, then you have F1...car racing.

Now the ultimate, 'investor', all the above, plus horse racing from Timbuktu to Outer Mongolia...

The 'gold' valued 'investor', all the above, plus soing to "members club" & board ships to gamble.

So how?...I still need to get my 'fix'!....Christmas eve, I will head for SINgapore Pools, and try TOTO, and hope that, Santa fills his bag with money & drop on my lap....ho! ho!, ho!..

MERRY CHRISTMAS

"outside the gamblers waiting"
"inside the cash registers ringing"

"let it ring, let it ring"
(sung to the tune of Let It snow)

They should ban me from SINgapore Pools Outlets & all their approved betting centres.... "I need my fix"..It is Christmas! :p

 

[boring]

good news for her to die, just a 67 hopless shit, as long during the burn nothing except her had been burnt then is ok...

 

[Soul_Reaper]

good news for her to die, just a 67 hopless shit, as long during the burn nothing except her had been burnt then is ok...

Sad case.
4.5K is not alot of money dun need to kill herself.

 

[1sickpuppy II]

Maybe the loansharks forced her to sell backside to repay back her debt? Heard from some OKTs that last time some women were forced into pros because they own the triad $.

 

[jw5]

Sad case.
4.5K is not alot of money dun need to kill herself.

That is the saddest part about this case, and the fact that she involved her son by borrowing money in his name, as reported.