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Chew Eng Han is Now Charged for Epic Escape—He Was Actually ‘Tipped Off’

2018-02-22 , 3:49 pm

If you have heard of Mas Selamat’s great escape plan, you should probably hear about Chew Eng Han’s fantastic escape plan.

I never thought I would live to see anything as bullsh*t as this.

I guess the dumbness of humankind never fails to amaze me.

For those of you who found the name foreign, Chew Eng Han is one of the former CHC leaders that got involved in the $50 million fraud case.

About his great escape

My colleague wrote about this in another article, but here’s the summary:

57 year-old Chew was trying to escape Singapore from Pulau Ubin yesterday (Feb 21) morning in a motorised sampan.

The vehicle looks like this:

He was arrested at sea at 8.47am for leaving the country from an unauthorised point of departure “without being compelled by accident or other reasonable cause”, according to court documents.

The sampan was driven by 53-year-old Tan Poh Teck.

The duo was caught by the Police Coast Guard about 2.4km away from Pulau Ubin.

Channel NewsAsia reported that the coast guard acted upon a tip-off, with the initial investigation revealing that they were headed for Malaysia.

The authorities found S$5,000 in cash and fishing equipment on board.

They claimed to be on a fishing trip.

I haven’t tried fishing before, but I’m sure we don’t have to bring S$5000.

Here’s the map of their unsuccessful plan:

Linking everything together

Chew was on bail of S$1 million and was supposed to turn himself in today (Feb 22) to start serving a jail term of three years and four months for the CHC case.

Going on a fishing trip with $5000 just one day before going to jail does not sound like an escape plan at all.

Accomplice

Tan was charged today (Feb 22) with abetting Chew’s attempted (but failed miserably) illegal departure by taking him on his fishing boat.

He could be jailed for six months to two years and fined up to S$6,000.

Chew faces one charge under the Immigration Act of attempting to leave Singapore unlawfully at an unauthorised point of departure.

If convicted, he faces up to six months’ jail and a fine of up to S$2,000.

The authorities also arrested Chew’s 61-year-old brother Eng Soon yesterday afternoon.

Chew Eng Soon had allegedly abetted his brother to flee the country.

Well done you two, your parents must be proud.

He has not yet been charged.

Back to reality

In court today, Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Zhongshan said Chew’s bail should be revoked.

He also said that a hearing should be scheduled for Chew’s bailor to show cause.

Failure to do so could cause the amount to be forfeited.

The prosecutor added that he has written to the Court of Appeal to ask for a new date for Chew to commence his sentence.

The exact date has yet to be fixed.

A district judge ordered for both men to be detained for a week to assist in investigations.

They will appear in court again on 1 March.

Family was unaware

Lawyer Jonathan Phipps, who is representing Chew in court, said that his family only found out about his arrest through media reports.

The family is upset the police did not inform them of the arrest, he said.

Oh, I’m sure they are.

Thoughts

Do I even have to say anything?

This is a good example of not learning from your mistake and making your life more miserable by escaping the consequences.

I feel like this whole CHC case is never-ending, so I guess I’ll see you next time!

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