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A 44-year-old woman has been arrested for her involvement in several loanshark harassment cases across Singapore.<\/p>\n
The police said in a news release on Wednesday (Oct 28) that they were alerted to a case of loanshark harassment at a residential unit along Tampines North Drive 2, where a debtor’s note was pasted on the gate.<\/p>\n
“This last warning! Next time I come, I direct lock and burn. Better find me to solve your problem,” the note read.<\/p>\n
Officers from Bedok Police Division responded swiftly to the incident and arrested the woman at the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Five bicycle locks with keys, five debtor’s notes and one mobile phone were also seized from the woman as case exhibits.<\/p>\n
The woman is believed to be involved in several other loanshark harassment cases islandwide, based on the police’s preliminary investigations.<\/p>\n
She <\/strong>will be charged in court on Thursday under the Moneylenders Act.\u00a0<\/p>\n First-time offenders could be fined up to $50,000, jailed for up to five years, and receive up to six strokes of the cane.<\/p>\n The police warned that they have zero tolerance for loanshark harassment activities.<\/p>\n “Those who deliberately vandalise properties, cause annoyance and disrupt public safety, peace and security will be dealt with severely in accordance with the law,” they said.<\/p>\n The police also advised the public to stay away from loansharks and not work with or assist them in any way.\u00a0<\/p>\n Those who suspect or know of anyone who could be involved in loansharking activities can call ‘999’.<\/p>\n [[nid:747919]]<\/p>\n laili.abdeen@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A 44-year-old woman has been arrested for her involvement in several loanshark harassment cases across Singapore. The police said in a news release on Wednesday…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96438,"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-96437","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\/96437","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=96437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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