M'sian with forged ICs jailed

Jul 5, 2010
M'sian with forged ICs jailed

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A MALAYSIAN woman caught having forged Singapore identity cards and work passes in her handbag at Woodlands checkpoint was jailed for three months on Monday. Sim Yock Hong, 43, an assistant supervisor, admitted to having five forged NRIC and 11 forged S pass cards bearing six foreigners' names on April 13.

The court heard that she was in financial debts due to loans she had taken from illegal moneylenders in her hometown. Unable to pay her debts, one of the loansharks offered her RM500 (S$216) to deliver some forged documents to Singapore to offset her debts. On April 12, she received some forged documents and pages of biodata from her letterbox at home to be delivered the next day.

The items were seized upon her arrest the next day and found to have been forged. She could have been fined up to $10,000 or jailed and/or jailed for up to 10 years for the forged IC offence. For having forged work pass, she could have been fined up to $15,000 and/or jailed for up to 12 months.

M'sian woman jailed for having forged identity cards and work passes


M'sian woman jailed for having forged identity cards and work passes
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SINGAPORE: A 43-year-old Malaysian woman was sentenced on Monday to three months' jail for having in her possession five forged Singapore identity cards and eleven forged work passes.

Assistant supervisor, Sim Yock Hong was found with the documents in her handbag following a check at Woodlands Checkpoint at around 8.45am on 13 April 2010.

The court heard that Sim was in debt due to loans she had with illegal moneylenders in her hometown.

She was unable to repay them and in February this year, she was offered by the lender to deliver some forged documents to Singapore.

Sim would be paid 500 Malaysian Ringgit or about S$216 for each successful delivery.

This money would then be used to offset her debts.

Sim received the forged documents from her letterbox at her home in Malaysia on April 12 and they were to be delivered across the causeway the next day.

For having the forged ICs in her possession, she could have been sentenced to up to ten years' jail and fined a maximum of S$10,000.

And for having forged work passes, she could have been sentenced to up to 12 months' jail and fined a maximum of S$15,000. - CNA/vm

Re: M'sian woman jailed for having forged identity cards and work passes

Why don't these guys just mail the documents, one at a time direct to SG? Not to suggest to encourage this but curiosity beats the cat.