Teacher found guilty of making counterfeit money pay for massage services

[strikeback4]

The Vietnamese Girl testified that she only gave him an oil massage. <--- O really?

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapor...nterfeit-money

SINGAPORE - A secondary school teacher was convicted on Thursday (Oct 5) of making two counterfeit Singapore $100 dollar notes and using them to pay for the massage services of a Vietnamese woman.

After an eight-day trial, District Judge Terence Tay found Daniel Wong Mun Meng, now 44, guilty of counterfeiting the money and using the fake notes as genuine currency.

During the trial, Wong admitted that he had created the two fake currency notes. He said: "In late July 2015, I photocopied two $100 notes of the same serial number using my home printer and ordinary A4-sized paper. It was an experiment to use it as a teaching tool, to excite and engage the students during my maths class because I believe many of them have not seen a $100 note before."

When asked why he picked a $100 note, he replied that it depicts various uniformed groups in Singapore schools.

He added: "Since it was SG50, I wanted to infuse national education in my subject."

Deputy Public Prosecutor Asoka Markandu said Wong had the two fake notes in his wallet when he went to Orchard Towers on Aug 3, 2015.


He met Ms Nguyen Nhu Trang and they negotiated a price for her services.

DPP Asoka said the pair were later sitting in Wong's car when Wong held the two fake notes in his hand. The teacher showed the counterfeit money to Ms Trang before placing it directly inside her handbag.

Wong's lawyer, Ms Melanie Ho, said that her client had given Ms Trang the fake currency by mistake and it had been an "accidental use".

The guest registration records of a Fragrance Hotel branch in Balestier Road revealed that Wong and Ms Trang checked in at around 2.45am that day and checked out about an hour later.

Wong had earlier told the court: "She provided a full body massage for me and thereafter, we had sex."

When Ms Trang took the stand, she testified that she only gave him an oil massage.

According to Wong, he returned home after dropping Ms Trang off in Kim Yam Road near River Valley Road that morning.

He told Judge Tay that it was only then that he realised he had "mistakenly" given her the fake money.

He testified that he immediately drove out to Kim Yam Road to look for Ms Trang but was unable to locate or call her.

On Thursday, Judge Tay said that Ms Trang later tried to use the counterfeit money to buy some items at a supermarket and was caught by an alert cashier.

The police were notified and officers arrested Wong at Bukit Batok Secondary School on Aug 20, 2015.

Responding to queries from The Straits Times, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said Wong has been suspended from duty since December 2015.

Its spokesman added: "MOE takes a serious view of educator misconduct and will not hesitate to take disciplinary action against those who fail to adhere to our standards of conduct and discipline."

Wong is out on bail and will be sentenced at a later date.

For making the counterfeit money, he could be jailed for up to 20 years and fined.

[SRA1A]

Quite lame excuse. Judge should be able to see thru.

[Tuanehkia]

How police trace to him sia. Haha!

[newyorker88]

More interestingly is that will the gal be charged for giving sexual services?

[jason910]

Police caught the lady and she mentioned about going to hotel with that teacher. After which police check the hotel records and found his registered name and IC

[conquer]

Originally Posted by newyorker88

More interestingly is that will the gal be charged for giving sexual services?

Again, neither providing sex service nor purchasing sex service offends the laws.

[ibanezjem555]

Will hotel kenna since only one nric used but two persons in room ?

[conquer]

Originally Posted by Tuanehkia

How police trace to him sia. Haha!

Well, it's not common you would receive a $100 note.

[nitecrawllerr]

There goes his iron bowl rice.

[LordVader]

Originally Posted by nitecrawllerr

There goes his iron bowl rice.

El Cheapo. The teacher easily earn $5K min.

[Tai_zi21]

Teachers also doing so bad in singaporean till have to use fake money to call chicken huh?

[Tuanehkia]

I find it strange because:

1. Teacher can deny using the fake notes
2. If he deny, then he will be giving the benefit of doubt since cannot prove whether it is him or her
3. Quite gong to say he use it for some teaching aid. I doubt the judge will believe since they are so intelligent
4. Although hotel has his record, he can deny using fake notes to pay

Likely the FL kana since she use the fake note to pay for something. If I am caught, I anyhow say same clowns give to me. Like that also can?

[nitecrawllerr]

Originally Posted by LordVader

El Cheapo. The teacher easily earn $5K min.

At age 44. Lets say hes a degree holder with MOE 20 over years. He could have been a SEO holding a HOD post. Easily earned $7 - 8k a mth. What a blunder he has committed.

[wpns]

Originally Posted by LordVader

El Cheapo. The teacher easily earn $5K min.

Wooah really !!!! 5K!!!!

[JulianLuther]

Originally Posted by nitecrawllerr

At age 44. Lets say hes a degree holder with MOE 20 over years. He could have been a SEO holding a HOD post. Easily earned $7 - 8k a mth. What a blunder he has committed.

Teacher pay so good ?