Sporns need to hold 2 jobs to survive?
<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR>Nov 13, 2009
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Cabby also a loanshark runner <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Khushwant Singh
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->BY DAY, he was a laundry delivery driver; by night he was a taxi driver as well as a loan-shark runner.
A district court heard on Friday that Chua Meng Soon, 51, even made use of his girlfriend to open two bank accounts he used to transfer and collect money for the loan sharks.
The married father of three teenage sons, told police that he knew he could persuade her as she was 'a bit mentally slow'.
Assistant Public Prosecutor Nicholas Ngoh asked for a deterrent sentenceas such offences have been rising.
Noting that Chew had also made use of an innocent party to help loan sharks conduct their illegal moneylending business, District Judge Jasbendar Kaur jailed him for 1 1/2 years.
<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR>Nov 13, 2009
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Cabby also a loanshark runner <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Khushwant Singh
</TD></TR><!-- show image if available --></TBODY></TABLE>
<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->BY DAY, he was a laundry delivery driver; by night he was a taxi driver as well as a loan-shark runner.
A district court heard on Friday that Chua Meng Soon, 51, even made use of his girlfriend to open two bank accounts he used to transfer and collect money for the loan sharks.
The married father of three teenage sons, told police that he knew he could persuade her as she was 'a bit mentally slow'.
Assistant Public Prosecutor Nicholas Ngoh asked for a deterrent sentenceas such offences have been rising.
Noting that Chew had also made use of an innocent party to help loan sharks conduct their illegal moneylending business, District Judge Jasbendar Kaur jailed him for 1 1/2 years.
