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Mr Jasper Yap, chief technology officer of online marketplace Eezee.sg, says former offenders like him fear the public scrutiny that comes with revealing their criminal past.
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Rahimah Rashith
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In secondary school, Mr Jasper Yap mixed with the wrong crowd, started smoking and even joined a gang. By 14, he had already been in gang fights, consumed drugs and robbed a taxi driver.
After he was caught for vehicle theft and robbery, he was sent to the Singapore Boys' Home for two years in 2009.
