Woman who filed numerous criminal complaints rapped for wasting court, police resources

She made ‘excessive’ police reports over noise, incense burning and condo issues

- Selina Lum Senior Law Correspondent

A woman with a history of filing numerous police reports and criminal complaints over noncriminal matters has been rapped by the court for wasting resources and abuse of process.

In the current case, Ms Angeline Tan Poh Hong filed a magistrate's complaint in 2024 against her condominium's management, but she ignored a request to attend an interview at a police station to provide more details.

The complaint was dismissed in September by the court after two different investigation officers concluded that no crime was committed.

Ms Tan failed in her subsequent appeal against the dismissal.

In a written judgment published on Nov 27, Senior Magistrate Ng Peng Hong said: “In my view, Ms Tan is clearly abusing her access to justice and consuming too many police and judicial resources thereby depriving others of the right to timely access to justice.”

Police investigations revealed there was a pattern of Ms Tan making “excessive” police reports over noise complaints, incense burning and condo management issues.

She harassed investigation officers even after the cases had been closed. Court records also showed that she had filed no less than 11 magistrate’s complaints, of which seven involved her condo’s management. Most of the complaints were dismissed.