Sim Lim cheating cases: Jover Chew, accomplice face
additional charges
SINGAPORE: Two more charges were levelled against Jover Chew,
who used to own Sim Lim Square electronics retail shop Mobile Air,
at a pre-trial conference on Thursday (Jul 30) morning.
Chew, 33, now faces a total of
28 charges. The two fresh charges involve one count of cheating and
one count of insulting behaviour.
He is accused of making a
customer from China, Ms Zou Jing Tong, pick up coins amounting to
S$547 from the floor of Chew's now-defunct shop, Mobile Air, at Sim
Lim Square. The refund was given to satisfy an order made by the
Small Claims Tribunal.
One of Chew’s four accomplices
and co-accused, Kam Kok Keong, also received a fresh charge of
cheating by deceiving Ms Zou into paying S$1,600 for an iPhone 6
plus.
Chew’s other accomplices, Koh
Guan Seng, Kelvin Lim and Edmund Lim, face 15, one, and two charges
of cheating respectively.
Chew’s dishonest practices
came to light in 2014, when a viral video of a tourist begging Chew
for a refund, began circulating online. The Vietnamese man had paid
S$950 for an iPhone 6, but was told he had to pay another S$1,500
in warranty fees.
The five men are out on bail,
and will appear in court again on Aug 27.
For each count of cheating,
the men could face up to 10 years’ jail and a fine.
- CNA/vc