An unsuccessful businessman who stole 48 pieces of women’s underwear, and was caught while nicking a red G-string, was fined 2 000 Singapore dollars ($1 212), news reports said on Wednesday.
The district court heard how Cheng Chee Kam (48) was caught red-handed when he took the G-string hanging out to dry outside a ground floor flat, according to The Straits Times. A resident spotted him.
Officers took Cheng to his home, where they recovered the other pieces of underwear.
Lawyer Gloria James said Cheng said suffering from depression.
The failure of his construction business had left him feeling suicidal, she said.
Theng, the jobless father of two, could have been jailed for up to three years and fined. – Sapa-DPA