Woman 'runner' jailed for 4 years for 48 counts of harassment
Published on May 06, 2013
A 44-year-old woman was jailed for four years for committing 48 acts of harassment for a loan shark within five months last year. Kang Gek Keng pleaded guilty in March. -- ST POSED PHOTO: WANG HUI FEN
By Khushwant Singh
A 44-year-old woman was jailed for four years for committing 48 acts of harassment for a loan shark within five months last year. Kang Gek Keng pleaded guilty in March.
In sentencing her on Monday, District Judge Low Wee Ping said that the number of offences was "shocking". He said that the fact that she had committed nine offences while on bail for earlier crimes was "doubly shocking".
He also noted that at age 25 in 1993, she had been jailed for five years for committing housebreaking and theft. In 2004, she was fined $2,000 for providing public entertainment without a licence. Then in 2009, she was jailed for two years for forgery, corruption and employing illegal workers.
Her latest offences included splashing paint on the doors of debtors' houses and the cars of their neighbours. Kang would also scribbled the debtors' particulars on nearby walls so that the victims would pressure the debtor to pay up.
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