Sim Lim Square

[Vid]

Jover Chew has been unemployed for 5 months: Reports-

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/this-urban-jungle/jover-chew-has-been-unemployed-for-5-months-reports

 

Hardly correct. It should be "Jover Chew going to be unemployed for a very long time".

[Ktglfc]

 

Hardly correct. It should be "Jover Chew going to be unemployed for a very long time".

 

Hopefully his case will serve as a reminder to any errant shop owners who dare to play tricks to think twice and thrice abt cheating ppl....

Earn an honest living and everything in life will be peaceful...

[lausai88]

 

Must save self first.

夫妻本是同林鳥，大難臨頭各自飛

[Ysc3]

 

Hopefully his case will serve as a reminder to any errant shop owners who dare to play tricks to think twice and thrice abt cheating ppl....

Earn an honest living and everything in life will be peaceful...

unless the authorities is pressurized into taking action - like this case when there was so much media exposure - else most of such cases will usually go unknown and unsettled - even after reported to the police.

[Janling3]

unless the authorities is pressurized into taking action - like this case when there was so much media exposure - else most of such cases will usually go unknown and unsettled - even after reported to the police.

These days, with the handy feature loaded hand phone, internet savvy community, anyone can just upload anything, good or bad, in any forum, website, blog. In no time everything is available in the net. The critical part is the impact of such information to the readers. Remember the white civic fatso, recent Amos, 2 Chinese gals and a MCST mgr, etc. Eventually we need to be very discreet on anything we say or do, who know we r caught in candid camera... Ha ha ha

Edited May 30, 2015 by Janling3

[Kangadrool]

Believe he's taken to task more on "tax irregularities" rather than the way he does business.

 

While the way he "overcharged" or refunded coins in thousands, "made" customer kneels down..... are questionable ethic issues, they aren't illegal.

 

So, please don't have too much hope on improvement in consumer protection with this high profile case.

 

[Bacteria83]

must thanks the guy who video the Vietnamese guy and share it online, i believe it should be one of jover gang. they though they are above the law and untouchable and decided to shame the person online.

 

Hopefully there will be jail term involve not just fine.

[Mustank]

Edited May 30, 2015 by Mustank

[Latio2005A]

Believe he's taken to task more on "tax irregularities" rather than the way he does business.

 

While the way he "overcharged" or refunded coins in thousands, "made" customer kneels down..... are questionable ethic issues, they aren't illegal.

 

So, please don't have too much hope on improvement in consumer protection with this high profile case.

 

Precisely. I believe he charged GST but pocket the amount instead of paying to IRAS.

[Mustank]

http://news.asiaone.com/print/news/singapore/jover-chews-hawker-mother-raises-40000-bail

 

Jover Chew's hawker mother raises $40,000 bail

Monday, June 1, 2015 - 06:00

Foo Jie Ying

The New Paper

He became a villain when a video, of a Vietnamese tourist who was in tears and went down on his knees at his shop, went viral.

{C}

RELATED STORIES

• Mobile Air staff were the ones who bullied customers, not me: Jover Chew complains
• Sim Lim Square shop owner's particulars used to order pizza in prank
• Jover Chew unemployed for 5 months: Reports
• Jover Chew's wife hopes he will close down his shop and make public apology

{C}

Yesterday, Jover Chew Chiew Loon left his hawker mother in tears after she raised $40,000 to bail him out of remand.

Chew, 33, and four of his employees were charged in court for a string of cheating offences at the now-defunct Mobile Air, his former shop at Sim Lim Square.

Chew faces 26 charges, including one count of criminal intimidation, one count of cheating and dishonestly inducing a delivery of property, and 24 counts of abetment by conspiracy to commit cheating with others.

It was a vastly different Chew who emerged from court yesterday.

When The New Paper approached him, he showed none of the aggression or arrogance that angered netizens.

"I don't wish to comment on anything," he said softly in Mandarin. "Thank you."

He did not flee or hide from the glare of the media. Instead, he headed straight for a smoking corner and lit what was probably his first cigarette since he was arrested and put in remand on Wednesday.

 

Earlier, his mother, who wanted to be known only as Mrs Chew, was accompanied to court by an unidentified elderly man. She was reticent to reporters and would only confirm that she was posting bail for her son. She added that she was not clear about whether Chew intends to plead guilty.

When asked about how she managed to raise the $40,000 to post bail, the gaunt woman kept quiet and walked away but started tearing.

It was only when Chew was released at about 3.30pm that she showed signs of relief.

As Chew was reunited with his mother, he gave her a reassuring squeeze on the shoulder before they made their way out of court and parted ways, with Chew heading alone to the smoker's corner.

MOTHER

For the past five months, Chew has been living off his mother, reported evening daily Lianhe Wanbao.

Mrs Chew, who is in her 60s, said her son would sometimes help out at her ngoh hiang, or pork roll, stall but she advised him against it.

"I tell him not to help out. It's not that I am afraid of how others would see us but I don't want to bring up the past," she told Wanbao. Relatives also advised Chew to lie low and not to go back to selling mobile phones.

An avid angler, Chew has been spending his free time fishing. He recently took home a 5kg garoupa and shared it with neighbours, said Mrs Chew.

On Wednesday, when mother and son were having breakfast together, Chew received a call for him to report to the police station at 3pm.

Mrs Chew thought nothing of it then as her son has been assisting in investigations since the start of the year.

But a text from Chew that same afternoon made her panic. He would have to be in remand for 48 hours, he told her.

Her eyes brimmed with tears as she related the series of events that led to Chew's arrest. She told Wanbao: "I thought he would come home like he usually did after helping in the investigation.

"He even joked with the policeman over the phone. I didn't think anything was wrong."

She added that even though her son is not charged with an offence as serious as murder, she is still extremely worried.

On Wednesday, Chew and four of his employees were arrested. He turned up in court yesterday in a police car, head bowed.

Following the incident with the Vietnamese tourist, personal details and pictures of Chew were put up online by outraged netizens.

Other tenants in the electronics mall blamed him for the thinning crowds.

[So_nice]

Where is his wife? Run road Liao huh

 

 

http://news.asiaone.com/print/news/singapore/jover-chews-hawker-mother-raises-40000-bail

 

 

 

Jover Chew's hawker mother raises $40,000 bail

 

 

 

Monday, June 1, 2015 - 06:00

 

 

Foo Jie Ying

 

 

The New Paper

 

 

 

He became a villain when a video, of a Vietnamese tourist who was in tears and went down on his knees at his shop, went viral.{C}

 

RELATED STORIES

 

• Mobile Air staff were the ones who bullied customers, not me: Jover Chew complains
• Sim Lim Square shop owner's particulars used to order pizza in prank
• Jover Chew unemployed for 5 months: Reports
• Jover Chew's wife hopes he will close down his shop and make public apology

{C}

Yesterday, Jover Chew Chiew Loon left his hawker mother in tears after she raised $40,000 to bail him out of remand.

Chew, 33, and four of his employees were charged in court for a string of cheating offences at the now-defunct Mobile Air, his former shop at Sim Lim Square.

Chew faces 26 charges, including one count of criminal intimidation, one count of cheating and dishonestly inducing a delivery of property, and 24 counts of abetment by conspiracy to commit cheating with others.

It was a vastly different Chew who emerged from court yesterday.

When The New Paper approached him, he showed none of the aggression or arrogance that angered netizens.

"I don't wish to comment on anything," he said softly in Mandarin. "Thank you."

He did not flee or hide from the glare of the media. Instead, he headed straight for a smoking corner and lit what was probably his first cigarette since he was arrested and put in remand on Wednesday.

Earlier, his mother, who wanted to be known only as Mrs Chew, was accompanied to court by an unidentified elderly man. She was reticent to reporters and would only confirm that she was posting bail for her son. She added that she was not clear about whether Chew intends to plead guilty.

When asked about how she managed to raise the $40,000 to post bail, the gaunt woman kept quiet and walked away but started tearing.

It was only when Chew was released at about 3.30pm that she showed signs of relief.

As Chew was reunited with his mother, he gave her a reassuring squeeze on the shoulder before they made their way out of court and parted ways, with Chew heading alone to the smoker's corner.

 

 

 

MOTHER

For the past five months, Chew has been living off his mother, reported evening daily Lianhe Wanbao.

Mrs Chew, who is in her 60s, said her son would sometimes help out at her ngoh hiang, or pork roll, stall but she advised him against it.

"I tell him not to help out. It's not that I am afraid of how others would see us but I don't want to bring up the past," she told Wanbao. Relatives also advised Chew to lie low and not to go back to selling mobile phones.

An avid angler, Chew has been spending his free time fishing. He recently took home a 5kg garoupa and shared it with neighbours, said Mrs Chew.

On Wednesday, when mother and son were having breakfast together, Chew received a call for him to report to the police station at 3pm.

Mrs Chew thought nothing of it then as her son has been assisting in investigations since the start of the year.

But a text from Chew that same afternoon made her panic. He would have to be in remand for 48 hours, he told her.

Her eyes brimmed with tears as she related the series of events that led to Chew's arrest. She told Wanbao: "I thought he would come home like he usually did after helping in the investigation.

"He even joked with the policeman over the phone. I didn't think anything was wrong."

She added that even though her son is not charged with an offence as serious as murder, she is still extremely worried.

On Wednesday, Chew and four of his employees were arrested. He turned up in court yesterday in a police car, head bowed.

Following the incident with the Vietnamese tourist, personal details and pictures of Chew were put up online by outraged netizens.

Other tenants in the electronics mall blamed him for the thinning crowds.

[Baal]

Believe he's taken to task more on "tax irregularities" rather than the way he does business.

 

While the way he "overcharged" or refunded coins in thousands, "made" customer kneels down..... are questionable ethic issues, they aren't illegal.

 

So, please don't have too much hope on improvement in consumer protection with this high profile case.

 

Also, tourist as victim is very sensitive. Calls for swift n decisive action.

[Ysc3]

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Other tenants in the electronics mall blamed him for the thinning crowds.

 

 

this is a typical case of pot calling the kettle black.

 

 

... wonder if the bail posted was tendered in coins also ?

[Mockngbrd]

in before sessi pic

[Sabian]

Sessi pic...

[Mustank]

Also, tourist as victim is very sensitive. Calls for swift n decisive action.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en-GB&gl=SG&v=oFeXqnlsSJU

[Sp4wn]

Sessi pic...

 

put phone there .. dont want kids ah?

[Fcw75]

 

put phone there .. dont want kids ah?

This type better don't have kids la.

 

He's doing the right thing.