{"id":17263,"date":"2025-12-06T08:01:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T00:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=17263"},"modified":"2025-12-06T08:01:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T00:01:45","slug":"call-me-before-i-come-and-burn-your-house-singapore-teacher-accused-of-aiding-malaysian-loan-shark-over-threat-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=17263","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Call me before I come and burn your house\u2019: Singapore teacher accused of aiding Malaysian loan shark over threat note"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SINGAPORE, Dec 4 \u2014 A teacher in Singapore accused of aiding an unlicensed moneylender in a harassment case over an unpaid loan has been handed a second charge today, this time linked to another household.<\/p>\n<p>According to <em>The Straits Times<\/em>, Geraldine Quek Yi Ling, 42, now faces two counts of acting on behalf of an unlicensed moneylender known as \u201cTravis Heng.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For both charges, Quek allegedly abetted Malaysian man Mohd Hairul Nizam Mohd Johar, 40, to commit the offences on November 19.<\/p>\n<p>In her latest charge, Quek allegedly prepared and handed Hairul a paper bag containing a raw pork hoof and a note addressed to a person with a Chinese name.<\/p>\n<p>Hairul allegedly hung the bag on the handle of a gate at a Housing Board flat in Fernvale Road in Sengkang, causing annoyance to a resident.<\/p>\n<p>Her initial charge, handed in November, has also been amended.<\/p>\n<p>She is now accused of preparing and handing Hairul a similar paper bag, which he allegedly hung on the gate of an HDB flat in Dawson Road near Alexandra Road.<\/p>\n<p>That note was addressed to a man with a Muslim sounding name.<\/p>\n<p>Hairul was earlier charged with this offence, but the charge was withdrawn on November 28.<\/p>\n<p>The notes mentioned in both charges stated: \u201c(What\u2019s) owed must be paid. Call me before I come and burn your&#8230; house. This is your final warning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She was offered bail of S$15,000 (RM47,600).<\/p>\n<p>An online search in November revealed that Quek was the head of department of English language and literature at St Patrick\u2019s School.<\/p>\n<p>Her name was removed from the list of heads of department on the school\u2019s page when <em>The Straits Times <\/em>viewed it today.<\/p>\n<p>Quek\u2019s case will be mentioned again in court on January 6, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, Hairul is accused of collecting parcels and delivering them to various locations in Singapore without a valid work pass.<\/p>\n<p>He allegedly committed this offence between early 2024 and November 19, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>His case will be mentioned again in court on December 9.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malaymail.com\/news\/singapore\/2025\/12\/04\/call-me-before-i-come-and-burn-your-house-singapore-teacher-accused-of-aiding-malaysian-loan-shark-over-threat-note\/200777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE, Dec 4 \u2014 A teacher in Singapore accused of aiding an unlicensed moneylender in a harassment case over an unpaid loan has been handed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}