To get each other in trouble, man, 24, falsely reported that wife, 23, wanted to jump off Bukit Batok building, she then lied she got pushed

A married couple in Singapore got into a quarrel and decided to get each other in trouble by making false reports to the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).

The husband has been sentenced to jail for one week for providing false information to a public servant, while his wife's case is still ongoing.

What happened

According to court documents, the husband, Kenneth Kuah Yi Jie, 24, had an argument with his wife, Samantha Tan Pei Ling, 23, at home on Nov. 12, 2023.

They argued about "their respective priorities during the marriage".

During the argument, Tan asked for a divorce, which Kuah agreed to.

They continued to quarrel over WhatsApp messages, and Tan stated: "This time you better don’t f*cking regret."

Kuah was angered as he believed that Samantha was implying that she might commit suicide "just to cause him alarm".

He then proceeded to berate Tan further over WhatsApp.

Called police about someone wanting to jump off building

Still "upset" at Tan for implying she could take her own life, Kuah called the police and told them his wife wanted to jump off a building to "inconvenience" her.

He had managed to locate his wife at a block of flats along Bukit Batok Street 31 via a phone application that could pinpoint where her device was.

Kuah also called the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and told them that he saw a woman standing on the 12th floor of a block in the area.

But he did not keep his plan to himself.

Kuah later admitted to Tan via text about what he did and even claimed he did it to make her life difficult.

This was what he wrote to her (edited for clarity):

"I CALL 995.

Now police call me also.

I see how you sng siao (act crazy).

Confirm kena case."

Wife also made false report

Shortly after seeing Kuah's messages, Tan called the SCDF and lied that she saw "a woman" fall from height and was injured.

After making the false report, Tan waited at the block's void deck, feigning injury, for the paramedics to arrive.

When the SCDF personnel arrived, Tan said she was the person who fell and then said someone had pushed her from the third floor.

SCDF conveyed Tan to the National University of Singapore Hospital for treatment.

Police officers then contacted Kuah on the phone at around 3pm to find out more information about what he had seen.

Kuah then said he saw "the purportedly suicidal woman" while he was "at the playground waiting for a private hire vehicle" and that he had left.

Immediately after the phone call, he texted Tan:

"Play loh

Think I don't dare play.

I siao (crazy) case one.

Don't play.

Now IO (investigation officer) all over my house.

You troublesome sia.

Want create drama jialat ownself want anyhow crazy.

Crazy."

Tan later admitted to the police at 8pm on the same day that she had made a false report and said she had done so in reaction to Kuah's texts.

The police then asked Kuah to go to the police station for investigations, but he defaulted on appointments and was unresponsive.

Police officers eventually brought him to the police station on Apr. 10, 2024, where he admitted to providing false information.

Wife facing a litany of charges

Tan is allegedly also involved in other scam cases and is currently facing a litany of other charges.

On top of being charged with two counts of providing false information to a public servant, she is also facing two other charges.

One charge pertains to her having provided her Standard Chartered bank account information to others on Jul. 17, 2023, and another charge for allegedly deceiving a person into transferring S$612 to her account.

Tan had allegedly falsely claimed that she had an iPhone to sell on Nov. 16, 2023.

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