Two years

[Billcoke]

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporesc...-045624142.html

 

A 24-year-old father of two has been given a two years' jail sentence by a Singapore court for breaking into his former workplace and stealing a cash till and the two-dollar bill in it.

 

Ansar Anwar, a Malaysian, broke into a Sakae Sushi outlet at Parco Bugis Junction and forced open the rear door of the restaurant at about 6am on 28 June. With a screwdriver, Ansar pried open the cash till only to find $2.

 

He took the cash till and left the restaurant but he later dumped the till and used the money to take a bus back to Johor Bahru.

 

According to The Straits Times, Ansar was working at Sakae Sushi as a cleaner from 2007 to 2009. He returned to Singapore on 26 June to look for a new job and to borrow money from a friend.

 

Having found none, Ansar decided to steal from his ex-workplace.

 

The father of two was caught at Woodlands Checkpoint when he returned to Singapore on 2 July.

 

A second person known as Dila was found to be involved in the housebreaking, but the man could not be found.

 

Despite stealing only $2, Ansar could have been jailed for up to 14 years.

[Woshiahfujiaowoahfu]

Heng never stole 100 bucks

[LoverofCar]

is the crime...not the $ involved...

[Billcoke]

is the crime...not the $ involved...

 

Still $0.10, also 2 years jail?

[Woshiahfujiaowoahfu]

I tot steal 100 means 100 years .. Sorry

[Rockaphonics]

Still $0.10, also 2 years jail?

why dont you go propose a law. Steal 10 cents, 1 day jail. 50 dollars and above 1 week. 10k - 100 k is 1 month. above 1 mil but below 5 mil is 6 months. from 5 - 55 mil is 1 year but 55 - 100 will be 5 years.

notice how stupid that sounded? so is your logic.

[Tom_kkh]

is the crime...not the $ involved...

 

its not the crime, its the stupidity

[Wabbit]

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporesc...-045624142.html

 

A 24-year-old father of two has been given a two years' jail sentence by a Singapore court for breaking into his former workplace and stealing a cash till and the two-dollar bill in it.

 

Ansar Anwar, a Malaysian, broke into a Sakae Sushi outlet at Parco Bugis Junction and forced open the rear door of the restaurant at about 6am on 28 June. With a screwdriver, Ansar pried open the cash till only to find $2.

 

He took the cash till and left the restaurant but he later dumped the till and used the money to take a bus back to Johor Bahru.

 

According to The Straits Times, Ansar was working at Sakae Sushi as a cleaner from 2007 to 2009. He returned to Singapore on 26 June to look for a new job and to borrow money from a friend.

 

Having found none, Ansar decided to steal from his ex-workplace.

 

The father of two was caught at Woodlands Checkpoint when he returned to Singapore on 2 July.

 

A second person known as Dila was found to be involved in the housebreaking, but the man could not be found.

 

Despite stealing only $2, Ansar could have been jailed for up to 14 years.

 

Petty theft jailed ......wat bout FT mistreating seniors and kids?? why no jail for these ppl [rifle]

[Jman888]

its not the crime, its the stupidity

 

 

not stupidity, it's suay! suay the till only have $2 inside and suay he got caught!

[Sosaria]

The punishment goes along with the charge laid on this guy.

 

That's why the law sometimes seems to be not very fair to a layman.

 

Example, if you get punched by somebody, the police may just ask you to go thru civil suit, according to one charge. Or if they consider the case to be under another kind of charge, more serious, then they have to arrest the person who punched you.

 

So, IMHO, there is some interpretation involved... correct me if I'm mistaken.

[Old-driver]

Completely idiotic

[Csnewbie]

and that foreign Ambassador who killed got away.

 

status counts.

[Darthrevan]

most likely this truly asian was a kitchen staff who dun know how the operation works..cashier will empty the cash register upon closing..the $2 is probably the extra or excess