He was the deputy coach for the national polo team in the 2007 and 2017 SEA Games, said his lawyer, who claimed he was Singapore's highest ranked player. Turning professional when he was just 17, Abdul Sattar Khan was offered a job by the Singapore Polo Club in 1994 after...
ICA told The New Paper that Khan and his family's statuses will be reviewed.
A spokesman said the ICA takes a serious view of persons who provide false information or conceal material facts during their applications for any Singapore immigration facility.When asked, she said ICA was unable to share how Khan's case was discovered. After being rejected, Khan tried again on April 6, 2006, this time falsely stating that he attended Ibrahim Ali Bhai Secondary School and submitting a forged certificate and results.Khan actually attended a village school called Government Elementally School Boti Mianwali.
Defence lawyer Thomas Sim said Khan's rural school did not award him a formal certificate when he completed his studies.Khan, who has a secondary school education, got his father in Pakistan to help, and the latter engaged local agents to get the bogus certificates.
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