SINGAPORE, May 9 -- A former prison officer was fined S$300 (RM995) for stealing four boxes of lozenges worth just over S$21 from a supermarket in Circuit Road, Singapore last year.

The Straits Times reported that Eddie Tan Kyim Hiong, 47, pleaded guilty to a charge of theft and was sentenced on Wednesday. The incident took place on the evening of June 28, 2024, at a Sheng Siong outlet.

According to the facts of the case, a retail assistant, suspicious of Tan's behaviour, kept an eye on him and later noticed he had placed the lozenges into a pouch without paying for them.

After Tan paid for some apples and exited the store, the staff member confronted him and recovered the unpaid items. The police were called shortly before 7.50pm.

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