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Singapore sentences Malaysia syndicate ‘COO’ to 28 years in landmark drug money-laundering case
Malay MailTue, 31 December 2024 at 9:24 AM GMT+82-min read
SINGAPORE, Dec 31 — A 58-year-old Singaporean man at the centre of a Malaysia-based drug syndicate has been handed a 28-year, nine-month jail sentence in what prosecutors have described as Singapore’s largest money laundering case tied to drug trafficking, Straits Times reported yesterday.
Lian Hoe Heng, described by Judicial Commissioner Christopher Tan as a “central piece of the drug enterprise,” coordinated the supply of narcotics into Singapore and laundered over S$1.27 million (RM4.17 million) in drug proceeds.
Prosecutors revealed that Lian laundered approximately S$203,000 of his own criminal proceeds and over S$1.07 million belonging to a syndicate member known as “Kadi.”