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    Japanese crash victim allegedly robbed

    By Melissa Aw | Yahoo! Newsroom – Tue, May 15, 2012

    The Japanese woman who was caught in the horrific three-vehicle accident in Bugis was reportedly robbed minutes before her death.

    According to The Straits Times (ST), an eyewitness said that he saw a man pick up notes and coins discarded around the taxi which appeared to belong to Shigemi Ito, the female passenger of the taxi that a Ferrari rammed into at the junction of Rochor Road and Victoria in the early hours of Saturday morning.

    Ito, who according to Lianhe Wanbao, was a student at Raffles Design Institute, was reportedly still alive at that point in time.

    The 57-year-old eyewitness, who only wanted to be known as Lim, added that he estimated the man to have picked up cash amounting to about S$300, reported ST, which quoted a Lianhe Wanbao report.

    Lim said that he ran to the accident scene after he heard a loud bang and he saw Ito crying out in pain as the man stole the money.

    Ito, who was in her 20s, died at the Singapore General Hospital on Saturday after the accident.

    [Watch the video of the accident here]

    The high-speed accident claimed two other lives. The driver of the limited edition Ferrari, Ma Chi, died on the spot and was cremated on Monday while the taxi driver, 52-year-old Cheng Teck Hock, succumbed to his injuries and died in the intensive care unit of Tan Tock Seng Hospital on Sunday.

    Another two people -- 26-year-old motorcyclist Muhammad Najib Ghazli and a 20-something female passenger in the Ferrari were also injured in the accident.

    Muhammad Najib is currently at Tan Tock Seng Hospital recovering from his injuries, which includes a spine injury, a dislocated right arm and a rib fracture.

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    • Ron Toh
      Ron Toh  •  1 day 11 hours ago
      Can human being go lower than that? I hope the man will get sleepness night every night feeling guilty until he surrender himself to police.
      • PENG
        PENG 1 day 10 hours ago
        @Moon Lee, do you want that kind of money? Be it the donation money for the taxi driver or the Jap lady? You choose?
      • Confused
        Confused 1 day 10 hours ago
        Someone here has part of his/her brain stuck in between the butts.
      • KG80
        KG80 1 day 10 hours ago
        @Moon Lee - What has GOV got to do with this?? How do you known that the person needs money badly? Maybe you're the one who stole the deceased money? Maybe ppl like YOU will resort in stealing to get easy money in this kinda ironic situation.
    • uniqo
      uniqo  •  Singapore, Singapore  •  1 day 11 hours ago
      the ppl recording that video is so lucky god hv spared your life
      • Ly
        Ly 1 day 11 hours ago
        i think that's a new facility in every cab installed a few months back...(the video is from another cab as mention before in another news)..
      • William
        William 1 day 9 hours ago
        Uniqo they say the wall have ears, for this case u can say the sky have eyes
      • AFS
        AFS 1 day 8 hours ago
        Yah, if i am in the car driving with the driving recorder, i might be shocked to death... The Ferrari will sound like an F1 at high rpm... i know the sound is high pitch loud... & if it is 160km/h or so, also too fast to see it coming or so... other cars that are very loud is AMG Mercedes Benz... Some Audi with aftermarket exhaust, Lamborghini with aftermarket exhaust... not counting in the Japanese ah beng cars yet, those Lancer Evolutions & WRX.
    • CASINO KING !
      CASINO KING !  •  Singapore, Singapore  •  1 day 11 hours ago
      That heartless man who steal her money will be having sleepless night because Ito spirit had follow him back. I think when he pick up / steal her money , Ito had already eyeing on him and in a very errie eye looking at him. She will not let him go...she will haunt him for the rest of his life. CASINO also wont let him to hide because his luck is dam " Sway ! "
      • Moon Lee
        Moon Lee 1 day 10 hours ago
        Not everyone afraid of dead souls, because they enlightened they dare to kill!
      • Anton
        Anton 1 day 9 hours ago
        hey better let Ito-san rest in peace, he'll get his own punishment..
        it's so pitiful that she need to haunt that lower-than-animal human after she passed away..
      • Don't Be Like That
        Don't Be Like That 23 hours ago
        Bad luck for the rest of his life ... Unless he turns himself in.
    • ChristopherL
      ChristopherL  •  1 day 11 hours ago
      This news disgust me. The morality of humans is going into the gutter. Stealing from someone that's close to death? There's a special place in hell reserved for people like that. And why didn't any of the bystanders do anything to stop that guy?
      • speedc
        speedc 1 day 10 hours ago
        if you were there, i will believe that you will try to figure out how to help the accident victim, instead of chasing and yelling at the guy who took coins and notes around~
      • carpenter
        carpenter 1 day 10 hours ago
        ~RIP~
      • ChristopherL
        ChristopherL 1 day 10 hours ago
        To Speedc, if I'm the only person at the scene, then yes I would say you are right. However, I doubt that's the case. Surely you can't have numerous people trying to help the victim. The fact that this story is reported says that someone witness the incident. Why didn't that someone stopped the thief, or draw more attention from the crowd to thief?
    • Lcm
      Lcm  •  Singapore, Singapore  •  1 day 12 hours ago
      This guy who robbed the poor japanese girl ought to be brought to justice.
    • Marshall
      Marshall  •  1 day 11 hours ago
      Robbing an accident victim can happen in a economic backward nation, but in Singapore?? Quite shocking. SingaPoor.
      • Nicetraction
        Nicetraction 1 day 10 hours ago
        With all kinds of foreign trash we have here, quite likely it's one of them. This kind of things does not happen here last time, but look at what the government have admitted into here.
      • sherlin
        sherlin 1 day 10 hours ago
        Confirm done by a Singaporean with so many foreign Trash here!??
      • Vann
        Vann 1 day 10 hours ago
        Wow, why would you need to be racist? Aren't your country helped by foreigners who do the job you don't even care to do. And yes, we know you complain a lot and yet your government is no better for you. So pathetic.
    • Chrysan
      Chrysan  •  Singapore, Singapore  •  1 day 8 hours ago
      This young lady has been Robbed of Her Life. It's very sad. R.I.P.
    • Rise of the far-right
      Rise of the far-right  •  Singapore, Singapore  •  1 day 11 hours ago
      May the person who stole her money have his/her hand rot and have bad luck all his/her life. Be it you are a local or PRC.
    • Patrick
      Patrick  •  Singapore, Singapore  •  1 day 9 hours ago
      Robbed of money is a small issue, she is robbed of her life, she's only 20...
    • Muhammad
      Muhammad  •  22 hours ago
      If raffles 'hospital" helped immediately, 3 lives might have been saved. Raffles 'hospital', you are a murderer. I am posting in Yahoo so the whole world will know.
    • Mantor
      Mantor  •  1 day 11 hours ago
      Listen up you robber, turn yourself in to the police or you will not have peace.

      About eye-witness Lim, you saw the robber and estimated about $300? I see... that means you are very near him. You did not do anything but watching?
    • sim
      sim  •  Singapore, Singapore  •  1 day 12 hours ago
      she will come
      to his dream
      every night.

      instead of helping,
      he stole from her.
    • Chipmuck
      Chipmuck  •  Singapore, Singapore  •  1 day 9 hours ago
      This is the first time in my life I ever know that someone will rob an accident victim and it happen in Singapore. Really can't believe it.

      Where is the moral of the robber? No feeling at all, must been eaten by dog
    • davic
      davic  •  1 day 11 hours ago
      That person has no soul,he would rather take advantage of the accident victims that stop to help them.
    • Heng
      Heng  •  Singapore, Singapore  •  1 day 1 hour ago
      Hope all the deceaseds rest in peace.
    • GH
      GH  •  14 hours ago
      Something is clearly very, very, very wrong with Singapore.

      It is time for Singaporeans to stop being so kiasu, kiasi, and to grow some balls and vote PAP out in GE 2016.

      If something is not done to vote out PAP in GE 2016, Singapore will likely be lost and will have a bleak future.
    • Sam
      Sam  •  22 hours ago
      Actually Singaporeans don't hate foreigners. We have been working with Malaysian, Japanese and Europeans before. But the recent influx of FTs are pissing off all of us.Too many, too low quality and too obnoxious. BTW I notice these disgusting new foreigners are mainly PRCs and Pinoys. They have bad habits, unappreciative, ego problems and irresponsible. I do not see so much with all the other nationals.
    • SS
      SS  •  Singapore, Singapore  •  1 day 7 hours ago
      The robber if really need to be brought into justice.
    • Truthbetold
      Truthbetold  •  Singapore, Singapore  •  1 day 11 hours ago
      My heart aches for her family. She deserved so much more in life and everything ended abruptly because of a reckless FOREIGNER. Rest in peace Shigemi.
    • Joel888
      Joel888  •  Singapore, Singapore  •  1 day 11 hours ago
      The person who stole the money will get due retribution.
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