Stomper CH‘s girlfriend was coming over from Malaysia to visit him yesterday, Aug 13, and encountered a strange incident.
CH shared with Stomp that his Malaysian girlfriend received a text message allegedly from an immigrations officer hoping to “be friends” with her.
According to the Stomper, his girlfriend had filled out the disembarkation/embarkation form, or “white card”, at the Tuas Checkpoint at 12.30pm yesterday. On the card, she had to fill in her handphone number — which could be where the officer might have gotten her contact.
His girlfriend received the first text at about 4.40pm.
CH said:
“I told her to just ignore the text, and let me know if he SMS again, and I will lodge a complaint.
“After she ignored the text, she got a Whatsapp message at about 8pm saying ‘Hello’ again.”
The Whatsapp profile picture showed that of the immigrations officer from earlier that day.
CH reveals that his girlfriend already remembered that guy even before he texted her.
He recounted:
“She was telling me, ‘You all Singapore now very strict ahh..’
“‘Ask so many questions at customs.”
The officer had allegedly asked her where she was going, what she was doing, where she was working and more.
CH replied that it had to be done as Singapore had to be strict, and thought nothing of it at first.
He added:
“I even asked her if it she was sure it happened at Singapore not Malaysia customs.
“I am quite embarrassed that our officers took her number from official documents and texted her.
“It can’t be that coincidental, that a random Singaporean number would text a Malaysian number saying that she pass by his immigration counter.
“I want to warn girls to be careful.. maybe Malaysia girls are not familiar of our customs and think an officer following up with them is normal, but it is not.
“My girlfriend might not be the first target. What if many girls have been targeted?”
The Stomper stated that he will be lodging a formal complaint.
Source: http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg
