SINGAPORE — A man who defaulted on his National Service obligations for almost eight years to complete his university studies and work in Canada was sentenced to 16 weeks' jail on Thursday (Feb 2).
Ryan Foong Xue Fei, 26, is the 21st NS defaulter to be sentenced to jail since the High Court set the sentencing framework for NS defaulters in 2017.
After this, the Central Manpower Base sent letters to his Singapore addresses about his NS obligations, but the mail was returned with the indication that Foong no longer stayed at those addresses. In February 2020, he sent an email to the Central Manpower Base about renewing his passport so he could return to Singapore to complete his NS.
In total, he remained outside of Singapore without a valid exit permit for seven years, 11 months and 17 days. Mr Singh said Thursday was the last day of Foong's NS, and that Foong took back his civilian identity card and other things that very morning. "He is not the kind of person who tries to run away from his obligation because he hated SAF or the uniform," Mr Singh said.
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