SINGAPORE — Over the course of about eight years, a self-proclaimed deity amassed close to 30 followers who were suffering from serious medical conditions, or had relatives suffering, and were "desperate for healing".
10.5 years' jail for ‘deity’ who cheated cult followers of over S$7m, ordered them to eat faeces as punishment
Preying on their vulnerable state, the woman cheated them of over S$7 million and made them take another S$6.6 million in loans.One devotee had her teeth pulled out, suffered a permanent eye injury and was forced to jump from the second floor of a building. Others had to eat human faeces. Woo taught her followers that they could clear their “bad karma” and increase their “good karma” by making payments to the Amma’s society in India, via payments made through her.Aside from making monetary payments ranging from thousands to millions of dollars, she ordered her followers to purchase condominiums and cars as a purported “form of worship”, which Woo used for her own enjoyment.
Woo cheated the same victim of another S$2.5 million for a fictitious temple building project. As the victim was suffering from a serious medical condition and hadORDERED TO EAT FAECES, JUMP DOWN FROM BUILDING The victim, who was in severe pain and had blurry vision, was told by Woo to use some “holy water” to wash her eye and stare directly into the sun to treat the pain.
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