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SINGAPORE \u2013 A secondary school teacher allegedly conspired with a man to act on behalf of an unlicensed moneylender and harass a resident of a flat over an unpaid loan.<\/p>\n
On Nov 27, Geraldine Quek Yi Ling, 41, was charged with acting on behalf of the loan shark identified in court documents as \u201cTravis Heng\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Singaporean teacher was ordered to be remanded at the Central Police Division and her case has been adjourned to Dec 4.<\/p>\n
According to court documents, she allegedly conspired with Malaysian Mohd Hairul Nizam Mohd Johar, 40, to commit the offence on Nov 19.<\/p>\n
He was earlier charged with the offence, but the charge was withdrawn on Nov 28.<\/p>\n
Hairul had been accused of hanging a paper bag containing pork and a note on the handle of a gate to a Housing Board flat in Dawson Road near Alexandra Road.<\/p>\n
The note was addressed to a man with a Muslim-sounding name, who had purportedly failed to repay a loan. The note stated: \u201c(What\u2019s) owed must be paid, call me before I come and burn your… house. This is your final warning.\u201d <\/p>\n
An online search revealed that Quek is the head of department of English Language and Literature at St Patrick\u2019s School.<\/p>\n
Responding to queries from The Straits Times on Nov 28, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said: \u201c(We take) a serious view of staff misconduct and will not hesitate to take disciplinary action against those who fail to adhere to our standards of conduct and discipline, including dismissal from service.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMOE will follow up with disciplinary proceedings after the court case has concluded.\u201d<\/p>\n
Separately, Hairul is accused of collecting and delivering parcels to various locations in Singapore even though he did not have a valid work pass to do so.<\/p>\n
He is accused of committing this offence between early 2024 and Nov 19, 2025.<\/p>\n
His case will be mentioned again in court on Dec 9.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n