According to Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao" report, on the 30th is a 57-year-old Yang Heping birthday.
Bent on seeing his wife and daughter, went thousands of miles to seek his wife and daughter, was thrown into prison thrice for violation of Singapore's Immigration Act. Yang Heping, from China, mortgaged his house in order to raise travel money. He promised his 84-year-old mother, even if he can not find his wife and daughter will return home at the end of the year to deal with the house to put a closure to things.
However, the third time in August this year, he committed an offence and was sentenced to prison for 13 months, and has to wait until next year in May to serve out his sentence.
He was on the 29th to the High Court appeal for Justice Chan Sek Keong let him go home early, but his appeal was dismissed by the judge. However, the judge, taking into account his background, recommended that he wrote to the president and advice on amnesty.
During Yang Heping's appeal, with tears pouring out described his background, said his daughter is 12-year-old this year, and he has to take care of his old mother and a son who was disabled because of a car accident who are both in China.
In 2003, his wife, Yu-Lan Wu (31 years old) told him that Singapore's education system is world-famous, and she wanted to
sent her 6-year-old daughter to Singapore to study. He mortgaged the house, and gave 8 million RMB (about 16.4 thousand dollars) to his wife, his wife and daughter arrived in Singapore during that year in May.
They remained in contact for a few months, When He said that he would like to visit them, his wife did not agree, then they lost contact.
Later, his hometown friend told him that his wife is living together with another man. It was difficult for him to accept it,
and he stabbed his belly in an unsuccessful suicide attempt. In 2005, he borrowed money to seek for his wife and daughter,
but he was unable to find them. Because he exceeded the 90 staying period, he was jailed 6 weeks and fined 2000 yuan and banned from entering Singapore within 1 year.
More than a year later during Nov 2006, he was refused visa to come to Singapore. So he illegally came to Singapore from Malaysia. After arriving 10 days later, he was arrested again and sentence to 2 months jail and was fined 2500 yuan. He was sent back, he still assumed that he was also denied entry for a year.
This year in May, his daughter called him and complaining that she didn't have enough to eat, are often scolded and being locked up in the house, asking him to take her home. He was very anxious and re-mortgage his house and spent 20,000 yuan (about 4100 dollars) through an intermediary to enter Singapore from Malaysia illegally again.
His daughter told him to find them at Choa Chu Kang HDB estate to find his wife and daughter, but was unable to find them.
He also went to some schools to find her but also to no avail. During the day, he ate a little rice, and slept at HDB void decks.
On August 1, while he was sleeping in a HDB void deck chair, outside a school, he was arrested and detained to 29, had been 89 days.
Yang Heping claims the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority has information about his wife and daughter in Singapore, but he still could not find them. This time he was charged with two crimes, one accused him of illegal entry, another was violation of banned from entering Singapore, were sentenced to imprisonment for 12 weeks and a fine 2,500 yuan, and another for 13 months in prison, a sentence of two counts to run concurrently.
In his written appeal to the High Court Judges, he wrote that his current offence was already more than 2 years after his previous sentence, the most he could get was 2 month jail, unexpectedly, this time it was much longer.
He understood that the subordinate courts judges may give out lenient sentences, but it was too difficult for him to accept his family broke down, wife and daughter leaving him and a year of sentencing dealt a heavy blow to him. During Yang Heping's appeal, he was very emotional and traumatic, until a point he wanted his interpretor so see his unsuccessful suicide wounds by opening his prison clothe, to show that he was speaking the truth.
He said that he was not dissatisfied with his conviction, but his only wish is to return home as soon as possible, and that he would never return to Singapore.
High court judges told him that after he violated the banned entry, it is compulsory that he get at least one year in jail, the Court of Appeal is unable to do anything, can not modify what the law has written.
He advised Young Heping after returning to the prison wrote to the President, to see the President could grant him an amnesty. High court judge said: "You know that in Singapore, we must abide by the law ... ..."
Yang Heping immediately interrupted, crying: "I was cheated by my wife, and have sold my house ... ..."
Chief Justice said: "This court can not help you solve the problem. I am the enforcer of the law, they simply can not do anything for your appeal." Yang Heping further said: "I do not have heart problem, you could cane me. I have sold my house, and have to be back in December to deal with the house thing ... ..."
Apparently, he hoped to shorten the sentence by receiving the cane. However, under Singapore law, men aged 50 and over are exempted from canning.
Bent on seeing his wife and daughter, went thousands of miles to seek his wife and daughter, was thrown into prison thrice for violation of Singapore's Immigration Act. Yang Heping, from China, mortgaged his house in order to raise travel money. He promised his 84-year-old mother, even if he can not find his wife and daughter will return home at the end of the year to deal with the house to put a closure to things.
However, the third time in August this year, he committed an offence and was sentenced to prison for 13 months, and has to wait until next year in May to serve out his sentence.
He was on the 29th to the High Court appeal for Justice Chan Sek Keong let him go home early, but his appeal was dismissed by the judge. However, the judge, taking into account his background, recommended that he wrote to the president and advice on amnesty.
During Yang Heping's appeal, with tears pouring out described his background, said his daughter is 12-year-old this year, and he has to take care of his old mother and a son who was disabled because of a car accident who are both in China.
In 2003, his wife, Yu-Lan Wu (31 years old) told him that Singapore's education system is world-famous, and she wanted to
sent her 6-year-old daughter to Singapore to study. He mortgaged the house, and gave 8 million RMB (about 16.4 thousand dollars) to his wife, his wife and daughter arrived in Singapore during that year in May.
They remained in contact for a few months, When He said that he would like to visit them, his wife did not agree, then they lost contact.
Later, his hometown friend told him that his wife is living together with another man. It was difficult for him to accept it,
and he stabbed his belly in an unsuccessful suicide attempt. In 2005, he borrowed money to seek for his wife and daughter,
but he was unable to find them. Because he exceeded the 90 staying period, he was jailed 6 weeks and fined 2000 yuan and banned from entering Singapore within 1 year.
More than a year later during Nov 2006, he was refused visa to come to Singapore. So he illegally came to Singapore from Malaysia. After arriving 10 days later, he was arrested again and sentence to 2 months jail and was fined 2500 yuan. He was sent back, he still assumed that he was also denied entry for a year.
This year in May, his daughter called him and complaining that she didn't have enough to eat, are often scolded and being locked up in the house, asking him to take her home. He was very anxious and re-mortgage his house and spent 20,000 yuan (about 4100 dollars) through an intermediary to enter Singapore from Malaysia illegally again.
His daughter told him to find them at Choa Chu Kang HDB estate to find his wife and daughter, but was unable to find them.
He also went to some schools to find her but also to no avail. During the day, he ate a little rice, and slept at HDB void decks.
On August 1, while he was sleeping in a HDB void deck chair, outside a school, he was arrested and detained to 29, had been 89 days.
Yang Heping claims the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority has information about his wife and daughter in Singapore, but he still could not find them. This time he was charged with two crimes, one accused him of illegal entry, another was violation of banned from entering Singapore, were sentenced to imprisonment for 12 weeks and a fine 2,500 yuan, and another for 13 months in prison, a sentence of two counts to run concurrently.
In his written appeal to the High Court Judges, he wrote that his current offence was already more than 2 years after his previous sentence, the most he could get was 2 month jail, unexpectedly, this time it was much longer.
He understood that the subordinate courts judges may give out lenient sentences, but it was too difficult for him to accept his family broke down, wife and daughter leaving him and a year of sentencing dealt a heavy blow to him. During Yang Heping's appeal, he was very emotional and traumatic, until a point he wanted his interpretor so see his unsuccessful suicide wounds by opening his prison clothe, to show that he was speaking the truth.
He said that he was not dissatisfied with his conviction, but his only wish is to return home as soon as possible, and that he would never return to Singapore.
High court judges told him that after he violated the banned entry, it is compulsory that he get at least one year in jail, the Court of Appeal is unable to do anything, can not modify what the law has written.
He advised Young Heping after returning to the prison wrote to the President, to see the President could grant him an amnesty. High court judge said: "You know that in Singapore, we must abide by the law ... ..."
Yang Heping immediately interrupted, crying: "I was cheated by my wife, and have sold my house ... ..."
Chief Justice said: "This court can not help you solve the problem. I am the enforcer of the law, they simply can not do anything for your appeal." Yang Heping further said: "I do not have heart problem, you could cane me. I have sold my house, and have to be back in December to deal with the house thing ... ..."
Apparently, he hoped to shorten the sentence by receiving the cane. However, under Singapore law, men aged 50 and over are exempted from canning.
