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逃四年兵役 22岁青年被监禁九周

by Yee Loon
05/11/2019
in 国防, 新闻, 时事, 法律
Reading Time: 1 min read
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出生于新加坡、在香港生活长大,然而迄今仍保留新加坡公民身份,一名22岁青年因为被指控违反国民服役征召令,逃伍长达四年余,于今日被判监禁9周。

李汉文(译音)于1996年12月出生于新加坡,父亲是英籍人士和香港永久居民,母亲则是新加坡人。据了解,由于其时香港即将回归中国,母亲希望孩子未来能回到相对稳定的新加坡,故此希望孩子能继续保留狮城公民权。

李汉文在出生后一个月即被带往香港生活、成长,一直到他前往英国的兰卡斯特大学升学,还在去年7月10日领过毕业文凭。

然而,李汉文随时香港永久居民,仍保留新加坡公民身份,过去还申请了五次新加坡国际护照,并用本国护照来狮城探亲多达22次,直至2017年1月;此外,前往中港台等地、南韩、日本、泰国等,且会根据不同地区签证需求,选择用新加坡或香港护照。

在2013年,当时16岁的李汉文,向当局申请并成功取得出国准证(exit permit),以前往国外升学,该准证有效期至2013年8月31日。他也在该年8月注册国民服役,但是在出国准证过期了仍在新加坡以外地区逗留,使得他触犯了征召令。

李汉文的母亲则电邮中央人力局(CMPB)为儿子申请更新出国准证,惟被告知必须支付7万5000元的保证金,但前者没这么做;此外李汉文母亲在为儿子申请放弃公民权当儿,也申请要暂缓兵役。

不过中央人力局则告知,新加坡男性必须履行国民服役义务,此后他们要求放弃公民权的请求才能获得考量。

李汉文是在2014年9月到英国入学,一年后他再次向当局申请展缓兵役;然而即便缓役申请被拒绝,他仍决定在2018年7月完成学业后,回到新加坡服役。

在法庭辩护时,李汉文辩护律师Ashwin Ganapathy 指出,尽管李汉文在狮城出生,但他的生活和新加坡并没有太多关联;再者,16岁获得国民服役通知,李汉文也倚重母亲的建议,此前更是对上述义务闻所未闻,也不知其重要性。

律师也辩解李汉文对国民服役的要求感到“困惑”,因为身份认同上他未认为自己是新加坡人,也从未想过要在新加坡生活;指导大学时期,才意识到违反国民服役的严重惩罚。

他也曾向大学校方求助,惟只被获准休业一年,如一年后未重返校园,那么父亲支付的23万美元学费将被没收。

辩护律师指因为“选择有限”,李汉文只能作出不幸的决定,先完成学业才返回狮城服兵役。

违反征召令,最高可面对长达三年的监禁,或最高一万元的罚款,或两者兼施。

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