SINGAPORE: Three Malaysians who broke into a flat and stole cash and property amounting to at least S$27,000 (RM84,049) squandered the money through gambling or daily expenses, a court heard.
On Thursday, odd job workers Ong Hoey Ming, 41, and Tan Khien Chuan, 32, and freelance painter Tan Chee Way, 49, were each jailed for two years after pleading guilty to housebreaking and theft of cash, jewellery and other items totalling over S$27,000 from Oliver Lee Wee Lim, 36, at his home in Bukit Panjang Ring Road on Nov 23, 2016.
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