On Jul 27 at 2.30am, Wu Jianxin offered Wu Jinxing 30, 000 chinese to fly to Singapore instantly for a one-day journey, to collect a bag and a view on his representative.
Wu Jianxin gave him the instructions to guide a returning journey to Hong Kong as opposed to Shenzhen, and also made the promise to cover his travel costs.
Wu Jinxing was aware that the journey involved illegal action because he was being offered a sizable sum of money, according to Deputy Public Prosecutor Janessa Phua.
He agreed and booked a trip to Singapore, getting at around noon that same day, and followed Wu Jianxin’s directions to get a car to Chinatown.
At about 4pm, even following directions, he bought a suitcase, then took the train to Buona Vista MRT place and walked down a vehicle road on the Rail Corridor.
Wu Jinxin searched for a place under a tree while Wu Jianxin gave instructions over a video phone.
He discovered a hidden orange Hermes Birkin bag with a price tag of about S$ 45,000 hidden beneath some pipelines and leaves. Inside the carrier were three extravagance watches, with the most important being for about S$ 165, 000, and money in numerous currencies.
Around 7o’clock, he took the treasure and checked into a motel in Geylang. He emptied the bag’s contents onto the pillow while Wu Jianxin was supervising him over a film call.
Wu Jinxing had a suspicion that the expensive goods and wealth were being stolen or connected to illegal activities like money-exchanging, money-exchanging, or moneylending, according to Ms. Phua.
Around 8pm, suddenly under Wu Jianxin’s directions, he took a car to a mall located near 17 and 19 Bukit Sedap Road, near Holland Road, and walked to a boundary walls behind.
Prior to this, the officers had discovered 12 Hermes bags, jewelry, and money that Wu Jianxin and Huang had stolen from another homes and had hidden behind in the bushes.
They waited for the thieves ‘ transfer to get the loot.
When Wu Jinxing arrived at the periphery wall, he was arrested. Police recovered him to his hotel room where the treasure was discovered in the peach Birkin case.
Wu Jianxin and Huang remain at large, the attorney said.
Ms. Phua argued that a significant number of legal money was involved in Wu Jinxing and demanded eight to nine months in prison.
She argued that his crimes also facilitated the criminal actions of a multinational consortium, which were causes of a harsher sentence.
Ms. Phua added that the criminal enterprise was superior, with instructions from joggers like Wu Jinxing to fetch hidden loot in order to avoid being discovered.
The prosecutors also took into account that Wu Jinxing was laundering another person’s legal money, and not his own, which made him less guilty.
The punishment for having benefited from unlawful conduct is a prison term of up to 10 years, a fine of up to S$ 500, 000 or both.