No money for CNY, so he cries robbery

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No money for CNY, so he cries robbery
Broke, he makes false police report that 2 men rob his cash & necklace
By Joycelyn Wong

April 15, 2009

PLOY: Wong Chee Peng thought that his family would stop asking him for money if he could convince them that he had been robbed. ST FILE PICTURE


TOO embarrassed to admit to his family that he didn't have any money for their Chinese New Year hongbao, he lied.


No hongbao this year, Wong Chee Peng, 40, told his family. I was robbed, he lied.


To make it more convincing, he made a police report.


But less than three hours after coming up with the ploy, he broke down and confessed to the police.


Last Wednesday, the former restaurant manager, a Malaysian, pleaded guilty to giving false information to a public servant and was fined $3,000.


The court heard that he went to the Bedok North Neighbourhood Police Centre around 10am on 21 Jan, four days before Chinese New Year.


There, he made a police report claiming that while he was walking at Bedok Central that morning, he was robbed by two men who were armed with sharp objects.


He added that they took a necklace and $1,600 in cash.


For added effect, Wong even described how he injured his left hand during the 'robbery'.


Based on what he said, police classified the case as robbery with hurt and began investigations.


Later that day, Wong returned to the Bedok Central 'scene of the crime' with a police officer to re-enact the robbery.


Lies


It was there that he broke down and admitted that he had made everything up.


And he ended up being investigated by the police instead.


Wong, who did not have a lawyer, said in his mitigation that he had lied because Chinese New Year was approaching and he did not have any money to give to his family.


He thought that they would stop asking him for money if he could convince them that he had been robbed.


Wong, a first-time offender, is married with two children and has been living here for eight years.


For giving false information, he could have been fined $5,000 and jailed a year.

 

[makapaaa]

 

[singveld]

kick him back to bolekland

 

[tonychat]

Question: why does a person behave like that?

Answer: Because he is a sinkie...

 

[shOUTloud]

Question: why does a person behave like that?

Answer: Because he is a sinkie...

Well, first of all he is a Malaysian but you would say that he has been sinkified.

I think the main issue is that he is not able to go back home to tell his family that he cannot support them. This is unlike Thailand where the wife would promptly sell their daughter to the nearest brothel or Philippines where they would look for the nearest maid agency.

Of course, you prefer first world example of Aussieland/NZ/UK where the whole family would go on dole.

I think there is a general need for a social net to help the unemployed.

 

[2lanu]

There are many cases like this and the white scums just freign that they cannot see or hear it...

 

[SIFU]

Well, first of all he is a Malaysian but you would say that he has been sinkified.

I think the main issue is that he is not able to go back home to tell his family that he cannot support them. This is unlike Thailand where the wife would promptly sell their daughter to the nearest brothel or Philippines where they would look for the nearest maid agency.

Of course, you prefer first world example of Aussieland/NZ/UK where the whole family would go on dole.

I think there is a general need for a social net to help the unemployed.

if this guy is a thai, that CB kia tonychat will trumpet 'how noble is he'..

thats how stupid and pathetic that CB kia tonychat will get..

CB Kia tonychat : noble huh, not nobel.. in case u cannot spell properly again.