A man who dragged an acquaintance into a shady bank account scheme ended up humiliating him after wrongly assuming he had stolen money.
Tan Ming Chuan, a 28-year-old Singaporean, was sentenced to six months’ jail and fined S$300 (about RM1,035) over the incident.
Promised cash in exchange for bank account
According to Malay Mail, Tan had recruited a 25-year-old man, identified in court as A1, to open and hand over control of a corporate bank account in exchange for cash.
However, the scheme came to a halt when A1’s father found out and reported it to the police, resulting in the account being frozen with more than S$25,700 (around RM88,700) inside.
Tan and his associate, Cheong Wee Kiat, were unaware of the report and assumed that A1 had kept the money for himself.
Confrontation turned violent
One night, Tan and Cheong along with four other individuals confronted A1 at the void deck of his home.
During the confrontation, Cheong allegedly punched A1.
In an attempt to de-escalate the situation, A1’s friend transferred S$800 (around RM2,760) to Tan’s group.
Forced to drink urine
But the situation took a humiliating turn.
The group urinated into a 1.5-litre bottle and told A1 to either drink it or fight them.
A1 chose to drink most of it, and then poured the rest over his head—on their instructions. Tan filmed the entire incident but later deleted the video.
‘Utterly deplorable’
The judge condemned the act as “utterly deplorable”, stating that the sentence had to reflect public outrage over bullying and humiliation.
Tan has since been sentenced, while Cheong’s case is still pending.
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