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Old and a crook: The rise in Singapore’s silver criminals
Number of seniors jailed has risen over last six years, with upward trend mirroring that in other countries
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Cara Wong, Fabian Koh
By the time he was sent to prison in 2010 for drug offences, Peter (not his real name) had already been in and out of prison at least eight times.
He was 65 years old at the time and, by his estimate, one of the oldest in the Changi Prison block.
