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TNP PHOTO: GAVIN FOO

He owed several loan sharks money.

Unable to pay them, he was asked to choose between harassing debtors or promoting the illegal business as a means of repayment.

TNP PHOTO: JONATHAN CHOO

Peak-hour traffic slowed to a snarl on Bukit Timah Road, towards Stevens Road, on Monday evening, when a section of the road sank in.

TNP PHOTO: Nurjannah Zulkifli

He had no qualms about queuing up twice under the hot midday sun to buy copies of The New Paper yesterday.

Over a period of more than two years, a 46-year-old IT consultant gave Lee Chee Heng (above), whom he believed was a lawyer with an established law firm, almost $880,000.

Lee, 37, lied to the man that he had a 30th-storey unit at The Sail for sale.