SINGAPORE \u2013 Another Singaporean man has been arrested in Malaysia for his alleged connection to a Cambodia-based scam ring targeting Singaporeans.<\/p>\n
Francis Tan Thuan Heng, 32, was among the\u00a034\u00a0initial suspects<\/span><\/a>\u00a0sought by the Singapore Police Force (SPF) for investigations into the organised criminal group, SPF said in a statement on\u00a0June 5.<\/p>\n The group is believed to be involved in government official impersonation scams targeting victims here, and linked to at least\u00a0535\u00a0reported scam cases involving losses of about\u00a0$53 million.<\/p>\n Tan was arrested in the Malaysian state of Perlis by the authorities there on March 10, and handed over to the SPF by the Royal Malaysia Police on June 5.<\/p>\n He will be charged in court on June 6 with one count of facilitating the commission of a serious offence\u00a0to support the illegal purpose of a locally linked organised crime group.<\/p>\n The offence carries a jail term of up to five years, a fine of up to $100,000, or both.<\/p>\n Tan\u2019s arrest brings the total number arrested to six.<\/p>\n Of the 34 initial suspects wanted by the police, 27 are Singaporeans and seven are Malaysians.<\/p>\n Following further investigations, two more suspects were identified.<\/p>\n A total of 30 suspects \u2013 24 Singaporeans and six Malaysians \u2013 remain at large, SPF said.<\/p>\n The alleged masterminds of the gang are a trio comprising two Singaporean brothers and their cousin<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n The gang operated from a scam compound in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, which was raided during a joint operation by SPF and the Cambodian National Police on Sept 9, 2025.<\/p>\n As part of ongoing investigations, SPF had also earlier issued prohibition of disposal orders and seized assets linked to the group.<\/p>\n It also published additional Interpol red notices on\u00a0March 25\u00a0against two other Singaporean men believed to be members of the syndicate.<\/p>\n The men \u2013\u00a0Jonathan Boneta, 27, and Lee Ding Hao, 33\u00a0\u2013 are currently at large outside of Singapore.<\/p>\n Jonathan Boneta (left) and Lee Ding Hao are currently at large outside of Singapore.<\/p>\n PHOTOS: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n \u201cThe SPF will continue to work closely with its foreign law enforcement partners and spare no effort to apprehend those committing scams against victims in Singapore,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n Anyone with information on the whereabouts of suspected criminals can contact the police at\u00a0www.police.gov.sg\/i-witness<\/span><\/a>, or call its hotline on\u00a01800-255-0000,\u00a0or +65-6255-0000 for overseas callers.<\/p>\n All information will be kept strictly confidential, the police added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE \u2013 Another Singaporean man has been arrested in Malaysia for his alleged connection to a Cambodia-based scam ring targeting Singaporeans. Francis Tan Thuan Heng,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/picture><\/div>
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