SINGAPORE: A Malaysian man who illegally stayed in Singapore since 1995 pleaded guilty on Monday (Jul 29) to entering the country without a valid ...
SINGAPORE: A Malaysian man who illegally stayed in Singapore since 1995 pleaded guilty on Monday to entering the country without a valid pass.
Choo Juan Suan, 64, was arrested last November in a flat at Block 44 Beo Crescent, a prosecutor from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority told the court.ICA officers were conducting a random check and found that Choo could not produce any evidence to show that he was staying in Singapore lawfully.
The ICA Data Processing Branch tried to trace his entry records into Singapore based on particulars that Choo gave, but there was no record indicating that he had entered Singapore lawfully through any gazetted entry point.His defence lawyer Wee Hong Shern requested to adjourn the guilty plea at first, saying it was a"slightly unique" case, and that all his client's ties are here in Singapore.
Mr Wee said his client's job was in relation to the Hungry Ghost Festival, where goods are auctioned. Debts owed for these goods are collected only a year later, he said, and Choo had to take time to collect about S$10,000.The prosecution objected to another adjournment of his guilty plea, which the judge agreed with.The offence of entering Singapore without a valid pass draws a maximum sentence of up to six months' jail, at least three strokes of the cane or a fine of up to S$6,000 in lieu of caning.
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