S$2,000 fine for woman who falsely claimed she was robbed to avoid lending co-worker money

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SINGAPORE — In a bid to avoid lending a co-worker S$6,700, a woman lied to the police that she was robbed of the same amount by two men, one of whom was armed with a penknife.

For her actions, Joyce Tan Hwee Leng, 35, was fined S$2,000 on Thursday after pleading guilty to providing false information to police.

Two days later, on the evening of March 16, Tan called the chef and asked to meet him near her house to pass him the money. Sergeant Yap was only able to interview Tan after she calmed down from crying and shivering, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Kathy Chu.According to the statement taken by Sergeant Yap, Tan said that she had left home with S$6,700 in her bag which was meant for the chef.

Tan went on to say that the men then asked her for cigarettes and when she told them she didn't have enough, one of them took out a penknife and told her to give them money. The prosecutor added that Tan had done so because she did not want to lend the chef money and wanted to come up with an excuse to tell him.

 

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