Shaffiq Alkhatib
The Straits Times
Dec 3, 2025
In a bid to recover a loan of around $25,000, a woman lured her female debtor to a warehouse, where the victim was blindfolded and restrained with plastic cable ties for about five hours.
The ordeal left the 49-year-old Singaporean victim with marks on her limbs that took two months to fade. She also had facial bruises that took two weeks to clear.
On Dec 3, her 43-year-old creditor, Lin Mei, was sentenced to 10 months’ jail.
The Taiwanese woman, who masterminded the crime, had pleaded guilty to one count of wrongfully confining the victim.
Lin’s accomplice, Chinese national Wu Zhibing, 36, was earlier sentenced to eight months’ jail.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Darren Sim told the court that the…