SINGAPORE: A man who left Singapore and defaulted on national service was fined S$9,000 on Thursday (June 25).
You Jiahao, 23, pleaded guilty to two charges of remaining outside Singapore without a valid exit permit.
Another two charges of failing to register for national service were taken into consideration for sentencing.
The court heard that the Chinese national became a permanent resident (PR) in January 2014 when he was 11 years old. He studied at a local secondary school.
In March 2016, an exit permit information letter was sent to his home, stating that he would be subject to exit permit regulations from his 13th birthday in May 2016.
In August 2020, You left Singapore. A registration notice was sent to his address on April 8, 2021, asking him to log into the national service portal to complete his NS registration by May 31, 2021.
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