58-year-old man failed to rob with a handwritten note; police arrested him within eight hours.
According to a report by Lianhe Zaobao and a statement from the Singapore Police Force, police received a report at around 4:20pm on the 11th regarding an attempted robbery at a money exchange shop on Street 6, Simei.
Preliminary investigations revealed that a 58-year-old man presented a handwritten note to the victim, demanding cash, but was flatly refused by the victim. The man then fled the scene empty-handed. The victim was unharmed and did not suffer any financial loss. The victim subsequently called the police.
After conducting on-site investigations and reviewing police camera footage, officers identified the man. He was arrested within eight hours of the report, and the handwritten note used in the attempt was seized.
Photos of the evidence show the note was likely torn from a notepad, with the words "Quiet, don't move, hand over all SGD, MYR, and USD" written on it.
The suspect will be charged in court on the 13th with attempted robbery. If convicted, he faces between two and seven years' imprisonment and no less than six strokes of the cane.