Money for 'Lee Kuan Yew' cheating trial: Ex-reporter takes stand, grilled on whether he spoke to accused

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SINGAPORE: A reporter who wrote an article four years ago about a woman who allegedly cheated a petrol station pump attendant of his savings took ...

of his savings took the stand on Wednesday and was accused of never interviewing the woman.

She is accused of telling him that the money was"needed for Lee Kuan Yew" or"old Lee", and asking him to withdraw all S$53,000 he had in his CPF Savings account for her. "On Feb 9 in 2015, TNP was the first media outlet to break this story," said Mr Ng."It was written by my colleague Judith, I believe she was a friend of Pamela ."The victim had been borrowing money from the couple despite working two jobs.

Explaining what he did on the day he interviewed her, Mr Ng said:"I went down to the address, knocked on the door and rang the doorbell. It was after lunch and just as I was about to walk away, I crossed paths with Tan who was returning back to her flat. I identified myself as a journalist from TNP and said I wanted to talk to her about this case."According to Mr Ng, Tan entered her flat and shut her gate. She then spoke to him through the metal gate for more than hour.

 

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