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Some Yishun residents have expressed worry that a «foreign beggar syndicate» may have infiltrated the country. Shin Min Daily News reported on Saturday (Sept 14) that a group of police officers had arrested a disabled man who sold tissues arounYishun residents express worry over 'foreign beggar syndicate' in Singapore after disabled tissue-seller seen arrested by police
Some Yishun residents have expressed worry that a «foreign beggar syndicate» may have infiltrated the country. Shin Min Daily News reported on Saturday (Sept 14) that a group of police officers had arrested a disabled man who sold tissues around an HDB estate in Yishun, while other residents reported seeing at least two other tissue sellers with disabilities in the vicinity. The incident occurred on Friday at about 8am around Block 846 Yishun Ring Road, an onlooker told the Chinese evening daily. According to the eye-witness surnamed Deng, he'd seen a group of police officers speaking to the disabled man. «The man was missing his left arm, and also the lower half of his right arm. A woman had called the police after seeing him selling tissues under the HDB blocks,» said Deng. The woman told Deng that she'd felt sorry for the disabled man and called the police in hopes that they'd be able to help him. However, the man ended up being led away by police. Read more