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Apr 14, 2010
IONESCU's link to escorts firm
News reports in Romania have linked former Roman diplomat Silviu Ionescu to a local company there that allegedly recruits girls to become 'escorts in the most fashionable karaoke clubs in Singapore', reported The New Paper. -- ST PHOTO: CHAN BEE LENG
NEWS reports in Romania have linked former Romanian diplomat Silviu Ionescu to a local company there that allegedly recruits girls to become 'escorts in the most fashionable karaoke clubs in Singapore', The New Paper reported on Wednesday.
Adevarul (The Truth), one of Romania's top daily newspapers, reported that the former charge de'affaires to Singapore had lent 28,000 euros (S$53,000) to the company, Elaboration Ltd, which is said to be run by his close friend, Mr George Karastergios, a Greek national.
The Romanian reports also link Dr Ionescu, 49, to a traffic accident in Thessaloniki, the second largest city in Greece, six years ago, after which he claimed the other driver tried to blackmail him, said TNP.
A warrant of arrest and an Interpol alert have been issued against Dr Ionescu, after a State Coroner found him to be the driver of the car that killed Mr Tong Kok Wai, 30, and injured two others in hit-and-run accidents last Dec 15 at Bukit Panjang.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The New Paper.
The Wise Owl Comments:
There's an old saying and it's applicable in all countries..."you can run but you can't hide forever". We can expect more skeletons to drop out from the cupboard concerning such a criminal. Once those holding higher authority and power than that small fry Ionescu have come to the sensible conclusion that he's a great liability for their country's reputation and credibility...if allowed to conduct himself so miserably in public, I think there is a chance the media and the greater public in Romania may castigate him openly.
Thus it is important that we separate the individual from the state, for the moment ,when we go after S Ionescu.
Singaporeans have no quarrel with Romania...the country.
We are after a wanted and despicable criminal listed on INTERPOL.
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