{"id":21064,"date":"2025-12-18T15:48:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T07:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=21064"},"modified":"2025-12-18T15:48:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T07:48:36","slug":"4-arrested-in-jurong-west-for-overstaying-related-offences-ica-investigations-ongoing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=21064","title":{"rendered":"4 arrested in Jurong West for overstaying-related offences; ICA investigations ongoing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 Four people were arrested in Jurong West on Dec 16 for offences related to overstaying in Singapore. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said in a Facebook post on Dec 18 that it arrested <!-- -->one Indian man, one Filipina and one Nepalese woman,<!-- --> aged between <!-- -->26 and 35, <!-- -->during an enforcement operation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">All three had expired social visit passes and were suspected to be working illegally without valid work permits, ICA added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The fourth person arrested, a <!-- -->29-year-old Indian man<!-- -->, had allegedly allowed the trio to live in the unit that was raided without checking if they were allowed to stay in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Under Singapore\u2019s laws, any person caught harbouring immigration offenders may be jailed for up to <!-- -->two years and fined up to $6,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">ICA investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"tags-test-id\">\n<p><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Singapore\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Singapore<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for ICA\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">ICA<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Immigration laws\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Immigration laws<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Illegal immigration\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Illegal immigration<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/4-arrested-in-jurong-west-for-overstaying-related-offences-ica-investigations-ongoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 Four people were arrested in Jurong West on Dec 16 for offences related to overstaying in Singapore. 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