{"id":13100,"date":"2025-11-20T13:53:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T05:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=13100"},"modified":"2025-11-20T13:53:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T05:53:31","slug":"two-charged-with-shoplifting-at-sheng-siong-allegedly-spotted-by-stores-facial-recognition-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=13100","title":{"rendered":"Two charged with shoplifting at Sheng Siong, allegedly spotted by store\u2019s facial recognition tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 Two women accused of shoplifting at different Sheng Siong outlets in unrelated incidents were<!-- --> each handed a theft charge on Nov 20. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Catherine Tan Li Eng, 50, and<!-- --> Leong Seek Yuen, 45, were allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/sheng-siong-uses-facial-recognition-to-catch-shoplifters-identify-customers-whose-payments-failed?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">identified through the supermarket chain\u2019s facial recognition CCTV technology<\/p>\n<p><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In a statement on Nov 19, the police said that Tan allegedly stole three bottles of red wine worth <!-- -->around $86 <!-- -->from a Sheng Siong outlet in Punggol Central on Sept 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A store manager immediately recognised her following an alert from its facial recognition CCTV technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The police added that Tan was then detained while she was attempting to leave without paying. She was arrested soon after.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A police spokesperson added: \u201cFurther investigations revealed that the woman was also allegedly involved in earlier cases of shop theft at the same outlet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Court documents stated that Tan allegedly stole 19 bottles of red wine worth nearly $556 in total from the outlet between Sept 2 and 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In an unrelated case, Leong is said to have stolen items including drinks and meat items worth around $90 in total from another Sheng Siong outlet in Sin Ming Avenue, near Upper Thomson Road between May 27 and Aug 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Police said that one of the supermarket\u2019s store managers detained her on Oct 1 following an alert from its facial recognition technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Tan and Leong were among multiple people who were handed shoplifting charges on Nov 20.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">One of <!-- -->them,<!-- --> Christina Jiyoon Han, 24, is accused of stealing a Labubu doll worth $250 from a shop at Plaza Singapura shopping centre in Orchard Road on April 21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Tan\u2019s case will be mentioned again in court in December, while the cases involving Leong and Han have been adjourned to January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The first six months of 2025 saw an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/more-violent-crimes-like-knife-attacks-rape-molestation-reported-in-spore-in-first-half-of-2025?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\"> increase in shop theft incidents<\/p>\n<p><\/a> with 2,097 cases compared with 2,013 within the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The police had earlier said that compared with other major retailers, Cold Storage and Sheng Siong reported a higher average number of shop theft cases per outlet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">They also had the highest increases in shop theft cases compared with the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The police said in August that the increase at Sheng Siong is likely due to the use of its facial recognition technology <!-- -->to identify<!-- --> offenders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The supermarket chain\u00a0has added<!-- -->\u00a0the technology<!-- --> to its security camera system since April 2024 to better identify and catch shoplifters.\u00a0<!-- -->Suspects<!-- --> are typically identified only after they leave the store with unpaid items.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The staff trawl through security footage and identify the culprit, whose face is then flagged in the system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">When that person visits a\u00a0Sheng\u00a0Siong\u00a0outlet again, the system alerts store managers. The staff monitor the suspects and stop them if they try to shoplift again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Suspects\u2019 faces are removed from the system only after they are arrested.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"tags-test-id\">\n<p><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Singapore courts\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Singapore courts<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Crime\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Crime<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Theft\/burglary\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Theft\/burglary<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Sheng Siong\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Sheng Siong<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/two-charged-with-shoplifting-at-sheng-siong-allegedly-spotted-by-stores-facial-recognition-tech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 Two women accused of shoplifting at different Sheng Siong outlets in unrelated incidents were each handed a theft charge on Nov 20. 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