Sam, was totally fed up with the way things were run in Singapore. He was a inflight supervisor with SIA. He would often criticised the management and was very unhappy with SIA. Sam was a negative man and it was upsetting to be in his company.
About 12 years ago,Sam packed up and left for South Africa with his wife. He withdrew all his CPF savings and gave up his Singapore citizenship. He vowed never to step foot in Singapore again.
Life was good in South Africa for Sam and his wife. Houses,cars and everything was cheap including lives.
Sam bought a huge house with a big compound for a mere S$80,000. His house was protected by electrical fencing and 2 fierce German shepherds.
It was not long before his wife gave birth to a son. They rejoiced because having been married for umpteen years, they could not have any children.
A few years after they had settled down, South Africa was returned to the Blacks. Nelson Mandela became the president.
Over the next couple of years things got worse in South Africa. There were more crimes and unemployment.
Daylight robberies were a daily occurrence. Murders were no strangers.
Sam was trading in gold, yes physical gold bars,albeit,on a small scale. He armed himself with 2 fully loaded revolvers when he traveled to the banks or anywhere in the country.Sam was a careful man but did not have friends because of his thrifty nature. There was at that time, a small community of ex SIA crew but Sam did not mix around with them.
One night, Sam and his family was woken up by a gang of black robbers. They had guns with them and they forced Sam to open his safe.In it,were gold bars with the value of S$70,ooo.They took all the gold bars plus whatever cash and jewelries Sam and his family had. At first, Sam resisted but was hit in the head by the robbers until he was almost dead.
The robbers wanted to kidnap their 9 year old son but relented after both Sam and his wife begged them not to.
It was a quick, well executed job and within minutes the robbers, five of them, left in their two stolen Mercedeses.
Heartbrokened and filled with fear, the family decided to return to Singapore.
Sam's wife was still a Singapore citizen but not him and his son. They applied for PR status but was turned down by the Singapore Immigration. However, their son, could live in Singapore with his mother, until a certain age whereby he could undergo national service and become a Singapore citizen.
As for Sam, he could not even get his PR. and he stayed here with his wife and son,under a social pass category.
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