A total of 12,479 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes were seized at Tuas Checkpoint on 27 July 2019, at about 9.05 am in the largest haul of duty-unpaid cigarettes uncovered by Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) in the last five years. ICA said in a press release on Monday (19 August) that its officers conducted checks on an arriving Malaysia-registered lorry …

A local company by the name of Environmental Landscape Pte Ltd was fined $220,000 by the State Courts on Wednesday (14 August) under section 12(1) of the Workplace Safety and Health Act (“WSHA”) for failing to take adequate safety measures for its work in an underground storage tank at 131 Lorong Semangka. In a press release, the Ministry of Manpower …

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued Prohibition Orders (“POs”) against three traders who were earlier convicted of insider trading. The authority banned Mr E Seck Peng Simon, former representative of UOB Kay Hian Pte Ltd, and Mr Leong Chee Wai, former representative of First State Investments (Singapore), from the activity for 15 years. While Mr Toh Chew Leong, …

Domestic trade in ivory will be banned starting from 1 September 2021, announced the National Parks Board in a press release on Monday (12 August). The ban will mean that the sale of elephant ivory and ivory products, and public display of elephant ivory and ivory products for the purpose of sale will be prohibited in Singapore. NParks note that …

by Simon Lim I refer to the news about Ms Grace Fu, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, calling on Singaporeans to integrate with foreigners. Meaningful and truly successful integration of different people is much more than a few noisy and visible ministerial exhortations. What Grace Fu did was the easiest part. It is a very long journey that must …

A 47-year-old male Singaporean, Mow Cheang Chong (Mow), and a 42-year-old female Chinese national, Wang Xiaoyan (Wang), were each sentenced to six months’ imprisonment on 18 July 2019 for offences under the Immigration Act. According to the press release from the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) on Wednesday (7 August), investigations revealed that Mow and Wang befriended each other at …

The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has issued a warning to members of the public of calls claiming to be its officers. The authority stated that members of the public have been receiving calls from different numbers, such as the Immigration Offender hotline “1800 3916150” that allows the public to call and provide information on immigration offenders and related activities. …

Two women were arrested on Monday (5 August) for smuggling a 31-year-old Bangladeshi national, the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) stated in a press release on Tuesday. ICA stated that its officers stopped a departing Malaysia-registered car for checks at the Woodlands Checkpoint at around 8.20 pm. The car was driven by a 28-year-old Malaysian woman and she was accompanied …

192 people were arrested in 11-days islandwide operations conducted by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB). In a Facebook post on Saturday (3 August), the bureau shared how its officers arrested 4 suspected drug offenders, including a 30-year-old Singaporean male, in one of the cases on Thursday (1 August) morning in the vicinities of Orchard Towers and the International Building. It noted …

20 men and one woman were arrested between 29 July and 2 August 2019 for immigration-related offences in a week-long enforcement operation conducted by the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers at various locations in Singapore. The authority announced in the press release that the 20 men and woman, aged between 21 and 55 years old, included Bangladeshi, Nepalese, Sri …