recent article from stomp.
A man was
arrested for going from door-to-door selling ice-cream under the
pretext of the Yellow Ribbon Project.
A STOMPer had come across the report of the man's arrest, which was
circulating on facebook.
Although it was announced on September 12, 2012, on the Singapore
Police Force website, the advice there is still relevant
today.
Police were alerted by a resident who bought two boxes of ice-cream
from the 23-year-old man on September 10, 2012, at about 9pm, at
Block 143, Tampines Street 12.
The man claimed he was an ex-convict and he was selling ice-cream
as part of the fundraising initiative under the Yellow Ribbon
Project. He would also produce a letter purportedly from the Yellow
Ribbon Secretariat as proof.
Part of the sales proceeds would be channelled to help the
ex-convicts reintegrate into society, the man informed
residents.
However, after making a check, the resident found that there was no
such fund-raising activity by the Yellow Ribbon Project, and
immediately alerted the Police who managed to promptly arrest the
suspect in the neighbouring vicinity.
On Sep 5, 2011, a STOMPer also wrote in regarding a
group of three teenagers who approached residents to buy a $20 box
of ice-cream for the Yellow Ribbon Project.
