THE CASE
The couple has been accused of cheating victims who made advance payments for luxury watches and bags. The pair then purportedly failed to deliver the goods.
Arrest warrants and Interpol red notices were issued against them after at least 180 police reports were filed since June against Tradenation and Tradeluxury.
Court documents stated that both were allegedly party to a criminal conspiracy to cheat Tradenation customers from May 28 last year to June 27 this year, by deceiving them into giving payment for luxury watches.
They also purportedly conspired to cheat Tradeluxury customers over luxury handbags from Jan 15 to June 27 this year.
Pi, who was born in Fujian province in China, was initially arrested in Singapore on June 27. He had his passport impounded and was released on bail of S$15,000 the next day, pending the completion of investigations.
Pansuk was assisting the police with investigations and surrendered her passport to officers on June 30.
Both later could not be contacted.
They then allegedly fled the country by hiding in the container compartment of a Malaysia-registered lorry, which went through Tuas Checkpoint on July 4.
Five weeks passed before the Royal Thai Police informed the Singapore Police Force that Pi and Pansuk may have been putting up in a hotel across the Causeway in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
The Singapore police then sought the Royal Malaysia Police’s help to locate them. The couple was arrested by the Malaysian police last…
