Two foreigners arrested for suspected illegal employment
POSTED: 24 May 2013 2:15 PM
SINGAPORE: Officers from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) raided a number of shops in Little India on May 22 and arrested two foreigners on suspicion of illegal employment.
Code-named "Ops Night Strike", the blitz took place at about 6.30pm on Wednesday.
In a statement, MOM said its officers conducted enforcement checks on 12 shops along Kinta Road, Race Course Road and Race Course Lane in the exercise.
They checked a total of 46 persons, comprising 14 locals and 32 foreigners.
They found that two of the foreigners did not have valid work passes.
The two were arrested.
Three other foreigners were also brought in to assist with investigations on suspected false salary declarations.
In the first four months of 2013, a total of 381 foreigners were caught committing illegal employment offences during MOM's operations.
The maximum penalty for illegally employing foreign employees without valid work passes is S$30,000 fine or 12 months' imprisonment, or both.
The maximum penalty for making false declarations is S$20,000 fine or 24 months’ imprisonment, or both.
- CNA/fa
