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Man Caught with Forged Employment Passes Hidden in Red Packets
After the successful haul of 141 tampered and colour copied work permits just two weeks ago, Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers have successfully arrested another 43 year-old male Malaysian with 34 forged Employment Passes and Safety Orientation Certificate (SOC) cards at the Woodlands Checkpoint on 11 Jun 2003.
2 After weeks of investigation, ICA officers laid an ambush at the Arrival Bus Concourse of Woodlands Checkpoint for the male Malaysian suspected to be a runner of a foreign-based forged card syndicate. The syndicate is believed to be producing and selling forged Employment Passes to immigration offenders in Singapore.
3 At about 0945 hours, ICA officers spotted and intercepted the male Malaysian on board SBS bus service 170 bound for Queen Street that was berthed at the Arrival Bus Concourse. A body search was conducted on the man and ICA officers found two red packets containing 18 forged Employment Passes, 16 forged SOC cards and 18 photocopies of PRC passport bio-data page in his possession.
4 The forged employment Passes had coarse and distorted Micro-line text when viewed under magnifying glass. The colour tone and font size/type of the forged cards are also different from the genuine Employment Pass.
5 Preliminary investigation revealed that the male Malaysian was promised a sum of RM 150 for each successful delivery to Singapore. He has been referred to the Police for further investigation into the forgery of Government documents and will be charged in court.
6 The Singapore authorities take a serious view of attempts to forge immigration cards and other related documents. For forgery of passes or in possession of forged passes, the offender faces an imprisonment for a term up to 7 years and shall also be liable to a fine.
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Immigration & Checkpoints Authority
11 Jun 2003
2 After weeks of investigation, ICA officers laid an ambush at the Arrival Bus Concourse of Woodlands Checkpoint for the male Malaysian suspected to be a runner of a foreign-based forged card syndicate. The syndicate is believed to be producing and selling forged Employment Passes to immigration offenders in Singapore.
3 At about 0945 hours, ICA officers spotted and intercepted the male Malaysian on board SBS bus service 170 bound for Queen Street that was berthed at the Arrival Bus Concourse. A body search was conducted on the man and ICA officers found two red packets containing 18 forged Employment Passes, 16 forged SOC cards and 18 photocopies of PRC passport bio-data page in his possession.
4 The forged employment Passes had coarse and distorted Micro-line text when viewed under magnifying glass. The colour tone and font size/type of the forged cards are also different from the genuine Employment Pass.
5 Preliminary investigation revealed that the male Malaysian was promised a sum of RM 150 for each successful delivery to Singapore. He has been referred to the Police for further investigation into the forgery of Government documents and will be charged in court.
6 The Singapore authorities take a serious view of attempts to forge immigration cards and other related documents. For forgery of passes or in possession of forged passes, the offender faces an imprisonment for a term up to 7 years and shall also be liable to a fine.
END OF NEWS RELEASE
Immigration & Checkpoints Authority
11 Jun 2003