SINGAPORE: A lorry car owner has been charged along with helping a man to flee Singapore after he allegedly failed to deliver luxury goods to customers.
Mohamed Alias was on Friday (Jul 22) charged with assisting a Singaporean man leave the country simply by allowing him to cover in the container area of a Malaysia-registered van with licence plate number JUH 7245.
Last Friday, the particular 40-year-old was also charged with helping a Thai woman in order to leave Singapore in the same way.
The Malaysian national allegedly went the lorry hiding the couple on Jul 4 at about 7. 25pm at Tuas Checkpoint’s departure cargo section.
The penalty for this offence is jail from six months to two years, and a great of up to S$6, 500.
Police arrest warrants and Interpol red sees happen to be issued against the fugitive couple, 26-year-old Singaporean Pi Jiapeng great wife, 27-year-old Thai national Pansuk Siriwipa.
This comes after at least 180 police reports involving two companies, Tradenation plus Tradeluxury, were created from June.
Complainants said they made advance payments to get luxury watches or bags, but the businesses did not deliver the items.
Although some media reports mentioned the total value of the particular undelivered goods is S$32 million, CNA understands that the rip-off victims whom made police reviews have not received products worth at least S$20 million as of Weekend.
Law enforcement previously said that Pi was arrested on Jun 27 just for suspected involvement within cheating offences. Their passport was impounded and he was released upon bail on Jun 28, pending the particular completion of investigations.
Pansuk Siriwipia seemed to be assisting the police with investigations and surrendered her passport in order to officers on Jun 30. Both subsequently became uncontactable.
The police have appealed to the public to get information on the lacking couple.
According to Interpol, Professional indemnity was born in Fujian, China, while Pansuk is from Roi Et, a province in central north-eastern Thailand. The agency added that Pansuk has a height of 1. 64m.