Is possession of LOST item a crime?
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Hahaha.....Originally posted by Ito_^:.. dats even worse.
right in his face leh.
really feel like puking blood. nothing to say. if im u're fren either i call the cops right there or i take something whack him straight. knn, not happy he go call police lor.
That was exactly the same words "call the cops.... whack him..." advice that i had given to my fren. Kena f***ed by him upside down, left right and centre lol.
But he has his point or rather brain right in the first place, by not clashing head on with the "finder" using a violent method, afterall he was a head shorter and many pounds lighter than the "finder".
Thanks for the advice anyway, Ito_^.
Anyway, this case of LOST hp has been declared as CLOSED!
So thank you all who had contributed their views and advices on this subject.
Now lets move on to another interesting case, LOST of Singapore Identity Card.
One of my working colleagues lost his wallet and hp in a public toilet last Friday.
After calling up all of his credit card banks to cancelled his cards and starhub to blocked his sim card, he went to his home nearby NPP, wanting to make a police report on his LOST I.C.
But he was shocked when told that the law has changed, as such there is NO NEED to make a police report if one lost their I.C.
Instead he was told to make a report on his lost hp, the officer asked my colleague to leave and comes back again with the imei numbers of his hp to make a report.
Obviously, my colleague was shocked and he was lost for words at that moment, but recovered shortly to asked the officer "what if my I.C. was being misused by the finder to commit wrong doings?"
The officer did not answer directly to his question and just repeated the earlier statement that the law has been changed, as such there is no need to make a police report for loss of I.C.
Then my colleague asked "why then you are prepared to make a report for my lost hp but not I.C.?"
Once again, the officer did not address the question directly and simply said the imei numbers was being asked for record purposes.
What the heck is going on here??? That was my colleague then and mine now question.
A LOST hp is deemed to be a more important personal article than a I.C.???
For the past few days, my colleague was having sleepless nights and worrying that his I.C. might fall into a wrong person hand.
Fearful and worrisome so much that my colleague was prepared to tell a lie and make up a story that he was being "robbed" of his wallet and hp, so as he could make a police report in black and white, recording on his loss of I.C. and others possession.
What the heck is going on here???
That is the question i am putting forth to everyone who are familiar with the law or the operation of our SPF/NPP in regard to this matter.
Thank you all in advance.
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Cause IC, you can go ICA to replace... they will give you a collection slip and cancel your IC Bar Code.. anyway even with a report, the person go borrow money from loansharks... well... you can do nothing much right.. it is your friend carelessness...
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Thanks houndy.Originally posted by houndy:Cause IC, you can go ICA to replace... they will give you a collection slip and cancel your IC Bar Code.. anyway even with a report, the person go borrow money from loansharks... well... you can do nothing much right.. it is your friend carelessness...
Being a law abiding citizen, my colleague was not too worry about ILLEGAL "Ah Long" coming after him, but he was scared to hell what if those "Ah Long" are the LEGAL one.
Hope you get to understand my friend concerns here.
With a black and white police report, he could stands on a much firmer ground when a lawyer letter will to be send to him after someone misused his I.C. in any fraud case on legitimate companies.
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these legitimate companies giving out loans need just more than an IC to give out lah...u need to bring along other personal documents tooOriginally posted by Young@heart:Thanks houndy.
Being a law abiding citizen, my colleague was not too worry about ILLEGAL "Ah Long" coming after him, but he was scared to hell what if those "Ah Long" are the LEGAL one.
Hope you get to understand my friend concerns here.
With a black and white police report, he could stands on a much firmer ground when a lawyer letter will to be send to him after someone misused his I.C. in any fraud case on legitimate companies.
YH
so chances are the IC wont be mis-used..
i also lost my wallet once...but the bugger is interested only in my $200+ cash inside but not my exlink card wif value $50 -
That was a very reassuring statement, agk_titan. Thanks.Originally posted by agk_titan:these legitimate companies giving out loans need just more than an IC to give out lah...u need to bring along other personal documents too
so chances are the IC wont be mis-used..
i also lost my wallet once...but the bugger is interested only in my $200+ cash inside but not my exlink card wif value $50
Hopefully, in a worst worst scenerio, only the illegal ah long will come knocking on my colleague home door only.
That should be a reasonable price one must be prepared to pay or face if one do lost their I.C. thru their own carelessness.
Or do we have other forumers here might not agreed with us, in that they have personal experience and account of their own lost I.C. being misused even in legitimate companies?
YH -
well, with the increasing of "cases" to "ah-longs" that people is using another person's IC to borrow money from them....Originally posted by Young@heart:That was a very reassuring statement, agk_titan. Thanks.
Hopefully, in a worst worst scenerio, only the illegal ah long will come knocking on my colleague home door only.
That should be a reasonable price one must be prepared to pay or face if one do lost their I.C. thru their own carelessness.
Or do we have other forumers here might not agreed with us, in that they have personal experience and account of their own lost I.C. being misused even in legitimate companies?
YH
DO you think they will still operate on a "profit" basis? there are some exceptional cases, but if you were an "ah-long", will you lend money to someone that you jolly well know that you cant retrive it in the future?