A 26-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested by the police for attempting
to extort $100,000 from a local car service centre.
The suspect was arrested at around 11pm on Thursday night along
Tanjong Katong Road.
The man had called and sent SMSes threatening to harass the
customers of the service centre unless he was paid $100,000.
The manager of the service centre lodged a report with the
police at about 1pm on Thursday, which led to the suspect's arrest
later at night.
The mobile phone used to send the threatening messages was
seized as a case exhibit.
The man will be charged in court on Saturday. For putting a
person in fear in order to commit extortion, under Section 385 of
the Penal Code, Chapter 224, he can be sentenced to an imprisonment
term between two to five years and with caning, if convicted.
