Debt Collector Who Sang & Kowtowed Outside Firm Arrested for Public Nuisance

A month ago we covered a story on a debt collector in funeral clothing kneeling, begging and singing for debt collection.

We left that episode on a cliffhanger, so here’s a season recap of what happened in the previous episode.

Kneeling, begging, singing for debt collection

The video was originally posted on Facebook page 是华人就进来 Chinese Page 是華人就進來, in which a man in funeral clothing was seen walking along a corridor.

And then immediately kneeling down to sing and beg for the debt.

That attracted the attention of the people in the office, which you can watch the rest of the video below, but it’s nothing interesting except a bunch of people saying “talk to our lawyers”.

So what is going on?

The man is Bai Feng Wei, 59, and an actual debt collector legally contracted to collect S$170,000 from the engineering company in the video.

One of Bai’s client is a renovation company who suggested that a lawyer to be engaged to help with his case. It is not very clear whether this renovation company is involved in the engineering company debt.

But a very dubious statement the renovation company made is their support for Bai’s debt recovery services, citing his non-violent methods and would continue to engage Bai.

Hold up. Why is there a need to mention non-violent methods? Did they consider violent methods before?

It’s not clear if the S$170,000 debt is legit

The boss of the engineering company, Mr Ng, told Lianhe Zaobao that he applied for a protection order and have called the police each time he sees Bai.

As for the debt, he says that he would not be paying the sum, as he claims that the contractor didn’t provide warranty services and requested S$170,000 for services not written in the contract.

In other words, it’s doesn’t seem to be a straight O$P$ scenario.

Mr Ng sent a lawyer’s letter to the contractors without receiving a reply.

Debt collector arrested but kept going

Over the course of 5 days, Bai went to the engineering company 4 times doing the same thing.

On 31st May Bai was arrested together with another 47-year-old man for causing public nuisance.

3 days after that, Bai told Lianhe Zaobao that he was detained in the police station for one and a half days, but was only told to not collect his debt while in funeral clothing. He also revealed that this was entirely his own idea, and not from his client.

Bai had been in this business for 20 years. There were other incidences where he was called to the police station for a nice cup of coffee, but he wouldn’t stop as it is his job. In fact, he mentioned he would go in nicer clothing since it’s not appropriate.

If anything, you have to applaud this guy for his tenacity. He completely took in other people’s advice and immediately put them into action.

On June 21, 4.30pm, Bai then went again wearing a shirt with a photo of the director of the engineering company, complete with O$P$ banners.

Later on, he apparently got bored and went to the director’s condominium in a hat and mask with posters plastered with pictures of Mr Ng.

Not surprisingly, he was charged in court on 25 June for causing public nuisance and may be charged for harassment.

But this isn’t the end of the saga. Remember that he was in the business for 20 years and there was probably more stuff to dig up and clarify.

Police investigations still need about 2 weeks to be complete and more court drama will resume on 9 July.

But I have to wonder, was I living under a rock and how did I miss a person doing this shit for 20 years without noticing?