Two men who posed as NEA officers to commit robbery jailed

SINGAPORE: Two men who pretended to be officers from the National Environment Agency (NEA) before entering a house to rob its occupants, were jailed on Tuesday.

One of them, 49-year-old contractor Tay Chuan Bock, will spend three-and-a-half years behind bars and receive six strokes of the cane. His accomplice, 38-year-old Low Soon Kwee, will be jailed for four years and was given 12 strokes of the cane.

The pair and four others entered a house at Pavilion Rise in Bukit Batok at around 1pm on September 22 last year.

They made off with cash and valuables worth S$112,791.94 in all.

Besides this, Low and two of the men, believed to be Ong Bee Han and 36-year-old Ho Tze Wei, also robbed 42-year-old Ang Yeow Chong at a carpark near Block 114 Teck Whye Lane on August 29 last year.

Two of them, Ong Chye Kwee and Ho, are still at large. Two others, Ong Bee Han and Khoo, have already been charged and their cases are at the pre-trial conference stage.

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