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Singapore man wrongfully jailed while claiming lottery jackpot

Mar 1, 2005, 1:00 pm

InternationalInternational: Singapore man wrongfully jailed while claiming lottery jackpot

A Singaporean man who was wrongly detained while collecting a US$1.2 million lottery prize has finally received his winnings after a woman who claimed to be the rightful winner was jailed.

A spokesman for the state-linked betting firm Singapore Pools told AFP Tuesday that the 48-year-old winner collected his cheque last week.

The Straits Times newspaper reported Tuesday that the man, identified only as Mr. Ho, had been arrested in December while collecting his prize because a woman had informed police that she bought and lost the winning ticket.

The man spent a night in police custody before being released on bail the following afternoon.
Police subsequently arrested Tang Sok Eng, 46, after determining that she had lodged a false report, and she was sentenced in February to a month in  jail after pleading guilty.

It was not immediately known why the woman had made the report, as she did not know the prize winner.

AFP

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Posted: March 1, 2005, 1:56 pm - IP Logged

Only in Singapore!

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    Posted: March 1, 2005, 2:35 pm - IP Logged

    Do they ever investigate a case first, then throw people in jail in Singapore?

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      Posted: March 1, 2005, 3:41 pm - IP Logged

      to think what money will do to some people.

      I've redone my website.  Go to www.dr-ew.com.  I kept a lot of the old stuff, and I've added some new stuff.  Look for more new stuff in the coming weeks.

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        Posted: March 1, 2005, 7:30 pm - IP Logged

        Singapore is almost a police state. They got the weirdest laws.

        Once in a while you can come across weird news stories from Singapore.

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          Posted: March 1, 2005, 11:58 pm - IP Logged

          It sounds like they had the Wong man.

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            Posted: March 2, 2005, 12:49 am - IP Logged
            Quote: Originally posted by GoArmy on March 1, 2005



            It sounds like they had the Wong man.




                                                   
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              Posted: March 3, 2005, 3:13 pm - IP Logged

              i heard you can't even chew gum its banned there.......