Pasir Ris flat splashed with red paint, man arrested for loanshark harassment
A 27-year-old man was arrested after the main door and gate of a Pasir Ris flat were splashed with red paint on the evening of June 19.
The police were alerted at about 9.50pm to the case at Pasir Ris Drive 6 where a debtor's note was affixed on the steps of the flat as well.
Through follow-up investigations and with the aid of images from police cameras, officers from Bedok Police Division and Police Operations Command Centre established the identity of the man and arrested him within six hours of the report.
A mobile phone, a black marker, a pair of gloves and a can of red paint were seized as case exhibits.
The man was to be charged in court on June 21 under the Moneylenders Act 2008.
For first-time offenders, the offence of loanshark harassment carries a fine between $5,000 and $50,000, imprisonment of up to five years and caning of up to six strokes.
