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Four Arrested Including Two Singaporeans for Involvement in the Forgery of National Registration Identity Cards and Employment Passes
On 3 Dec 2003, Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers conducted an operation against persons involved in the production and sale of forged work permits, safety orientation certificate (SOC) cards and National Registration Identity Cards (NRICs). In an ambush at a carpark in Woodlands, a 73-year old Singaporean man and two PRC nationals, aged 26 and 23 were arrested while they were in the middle of their transaction.
2 The Singaporean man claimed that he had been staying in Johor Bahru for the past 14 years and was approached recently by a male Malaysian Chinese to deliver 6 envelopes containing forged Singapore blue NRICs and other immigration cards to PRC runners in Singapore. He was promised S$150 for each successful delivery. He was to contact a 26-year-old PRC national to carry out the transaction. The 6 envelopes were found to contain the following items:
a. 11 forged Q2 Employment Passes;
b. 19 forged SOC cards;
c. 18 photocopies of data pages of PRC passports; and
d. 1 forged blue NRIC.
In addition, another eight forged Q2 Employment Passes, two SOC cards and seven photocopies of data pages of PRC passports were also found in an envelope kept in the waist pouch of the 26-year-old PRC national.
3 The 26-year-old PRC national revealed that he was approached by a 24-year-old male Singaporean to collect the forged documents from the 73-year old Singaporean man. He was promised S$200 for each successful transaction. He was accompanied by the 23-year-old PRC national, an illegal immigrant. He also revealed the identity of the Singaporean man that he was working for and ICA officers managed to track him down and arrest him at a coffeeshop in Geylang. The two male Singaporean and two male PRC nationals were referred to the Police for further investigation.
4 The Singapore authorities take a serious view of attempts to forge immigration cards and other related documents. For forgery of passes, the offender faces an imprisonment for a term up to 7 years and shall also be liable to a fine. For illegal entry, the offender faces a jail term of up to 6 months plus a minimum of 3 strokes and in lieu of caning, a fine not exceeding S$6,000.
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Immigration & Checkpoints Authority
4 Dec 03
2 The Singaporean man claimed that he had been staying in Johor Bahru for the past 14 years and was approached recently by a male Malaysian Chinese to deliver 6 envelopes containing forged Singapore blue NRICs and other immigration cards to PRC runners in Singapore. He was promised S$150 for each successful delivery. He was to contact a 26-year-old PRC national to carry out the transaction. The 6 envelopes were found to contain the following items:
a. 11 forged Q2 Employment Passes;
b. 19 forged SOC cards;
c. 18 photocopies of data pages of PRC passports; and
d. 1 forged blue NRIC.
In addition, another eight forged Q2 Employment Passes, two SOC cards and seven photocopies of data pages of PRC passports were also found in an envelope kept in the waist pouch of the 26-year-old PRC national.
3 The 26-year-old PRC national revealed that he was approached by a 24-year-old male Singaporean to collect the forged documents from the 73-year old Singaporean man. He was promised S$200 for each successful transaction. He was accompanied by the 23-year-old PRC national, an illegal immigrant. He also revealed the identity of the Singaporean man that he was working for and ICA officers managed to track him down and arrest him at a coffeeshop in Geylang. The two male Singaporean and two male PRC nationals were referred to the Police for further investigation.
4 The Singapore authorities take a serious view of attempts to forge immigration cards and other related documents. For forgery of passes, the offender faces an imprisonment for a term up to 7 years and shall also be liable to a fine. For illegal entry, the offender faces a jail term of up to 6 months plus a minimum of 3 strokes and in lieu of caning, a fine not exceeding S$6,000.
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Immigration & Checkpoints Authority
4 Dec 03