Two Chinese nationals, 43 & 50, get 14 months’ jail in Singapore for stealing S$300 from donation box at Balestier temple

SINGAPORE: Two Chinese men who climbed over a temple fence in Balestier and stole about S$300 from donation boxes have each been jailed for 14 months. Liao Quanwan, 50, and Liao Yongzhan, 43, used homemade fishing tools to pull banknotes through the narrow openings of the boxes. Their theft was interrupted by a monk, who caught them in the act. Both men pleaded guilty to one charge of…

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SINGAPORE: Two Chinese men who climbed over a temple fence in Balestier and stole about S$300 from donation boxes have each been jailed for 14 months. Liao Quanwan, 50, and Liao Yongzhan, 43, used homemade fishing tools to pull banknotes through the narrow…

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