Wah, got 10 foreigners kena in trouble for forging documents and laundering money sia. About S$1 billion (US$736 million) in assets, including properties, vehicles, luxury goods and gold bars, have been seized or frozen.
Tia gong this is one is one of Singapore’s largest police probes into money laundering and forgery offences leh.
According to Zaobao, 10 people were charged in court on Wednesday (16 Aug) night in connection with the investigation. The whole process took more than two and a half hours, and only ended at around 10:40pm.
The prosecution said that the evidence showed that the crimes committed by the 10 people were related, so they asked the judge to continue holding them in custody to prevent them from getting bail and destroying evidence.
They also pointed out that since the investigation is still in its early stages, the authorities need to further detain them for questioning and evidence gathering.
Only one of them, Wan Shui Ming, hired a lawyer, while the other nine didn’t.
During the hearing, six of the accused said that they were not going to plead guilty and wanted to hire a lawyer or apply for bail.
One of the accused, Su Hai Jin, in court denied refusing arrest and running away. He claimed that there was a group of people knocking on his door, but he didn’t know they were the police. He fell down and got injured when he tried to look out of the window from the second floor of his house to check their identity. His bones were broken in his hands and feet.
He explained that he didn’t intend to run away and had been cooperating with the investigation. The judge interrupted him and pointed out that he could make his statement at the next court hearing.
The relationship between these 10 people was not revealed in court, but one of the accused, Zhang Rui Jin, claimed that he was in a romantic relationship with Lin Bao Ying.
The prosecution believes that Zhang Rui Jin and Lin Bao Ying may have conspired, and it is necessary to detain them both for further investigation.
Zhang Rui Jin claimed that he suffered from serious anxiety and had a tendency to commit suicide. He asked the judge to grant him bail and suggested that the court could continue to detain Lin Bao Ying. Then, they both won’t have the chance to make false confessions outside the court. However, the judge ultimately rejected his request.
The judge ultimately ordered that all 10 accused be remanded in custody at the Central Police Station for a week, during which they are allowed to leave the station to assist in the investigation. The case was adjourned until August 23.
According to the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act (“CDSA”), once the charges are established, the culprits will face a fine of up to $500,000, or a maximum of 10 years’ imprisonment, or both.
If charges of document forgery are established, the culprits may face up to four years’ imprisonment or a fine, or both.
As for the charge of forging documents with the intent to deceive, once it is established, the culprits will face up to 10 years’ imprisonment and a fine.
Under Section 225B of the Criminal Code, anyone convicted of the charge of refusing arrest may face up to one year’s imprisonment or a fine, or both.
Good job to the SPF for catching these people! If they really guilty of money laundering, just throw them behind bars!!!!!!!!!!!!!
