The Police are investigating a 50-year-old man for allegedly providing false information to a public servant.
On 30 April 2022 at about 8.30am, the Police were alerted by the man to an alleged case of robbery with hurt. The man claimed that while he was heading to his parked car, three unknown men had assaulted him before robbing him of $230,000 in cash. He also alleged that the trio had injured him with a baseball bat during the incident, before they fled from the scene on foot.
During the course of investigations, officers from Tanglin Police Division detected several inconsistencies between the man’s account and the CCTV footages that were obtained by the officers. Investigations revealed that the man had purportedly provided false information to the police and was not a victim of the reported crime.
Police investigations against the man are ongoing. The offence of giving any information which a person knows to be false to a public servant carries an imprisonment term which may extend to two years, a fine, or both.
The Police would like to remind members of the public that police resources could have been put to better use to deal with real crimes and emergencies than investigating into false reports or false information. Those who lodged false police reports or provide false information will face serious consequences under the law.
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
01 May 2022 @ 8:45 PM