Underage girl uses another person's IC to go clubbing

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Underage girl uses another person's IC to go clubbing

AsiaOne
Thursday, Jun 14, 2012

An underage girl who used another person's IC to go clubbing may get probation.

17-year-old Liu Yifan wanted to go clubbing, but was below the age limit of 18 years.

She admitted in court today that she had borrowed an IC from a friend and pleaded guilty to using someone else's identity card without lawful authority.

Due to her age, District Judge Soh Tze Bian called for a report to to find out whether she is suitable for probation, reported The Straits Times.

Earlier in March, the Nanyang Junior College student used an IC given to her by a friend to go clubbing at the St James Power Station. She had earlier confided in, Hong Lili, 19, who gave her the IC of Tong Wern Ching, 18, who was enrolled in Temasek Polytechnic.

Armed with Tong's IC, she went to the club on March 23 at about 11pm with her boyfriend Eng Ting Fong, 20, a full-time national serviceman, reported The Straits Times.

However, when they tried to enter Powerhouse two hours later, they were found out when security officer Muhammad Iimi Hussain, 24, asked for identification and noticed that the picture on the IC was not her. He also found her ez-link card on Eng. She had told him to keep it in case her belongings were searched, said the paper.

Liu will be back in court on July 12 for sentencing, while the cases against Eng, Hong and Tong for abetting in the offence have not been heard yet.

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$3,000 fine for teen who used another's IC to enter club

AsiaOne
Thursday, Jul 12, 2012

A 17-year old student was fined $3,000 on Thursday for using another person's identity card to enter St James Power Station.

Liu Yifan had pleaded guilty last month and asked the court to give her a chance.

Yet during a call for a probation report by the Community Court, Liu said that she did not want probation.

As the minimum entry to a club is 18 years old, Liu told the court that she had wanted to go clubbing but was not old enough.

She then told her 19-year-old classmate of her intentions and the classmate then managed to get hold of her former schoolmate's identity card for Liu to use.

Liu subsequently used this card to try to get into St James Power Station with her boyfriend on March 23 but was stopped by a security officer before she could enter.

A fine of up to $10,000 and/or jail of up to 10 years could have been imposed on her.

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