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SINGAPORE \u2013 In order to enter Singapore to look for work, a woman used a fake name and passport.<\/p>\n
Using the assumed identity, she married a Singaporean man, who then sponsored her long-term visit passes from 2013 to 2018.<\/p>\n
Liu Xueyuan\u2019s offences were discovered when Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers found a discrepancy in her travel documents when she tried to leave Singapore on Jan 16.<\/p>\n
The Chinese national, 66, was sentenced to three months and six weeks\u2019 jail and fined $1,500 on May 15, after pleading guilty to four charges, including entering Singapore without a valid pass and making false statements in a disembarkation form.<\/p>\n
On June 29, her husband, Singaporean Low Han Song, 68, was handed a five-week jail sentence for making false statements in a long-term visit pass application.<\/p>\n
Liu had entered Singapore using passports bearing her real name and date of birth in 2005 and 2012.<\/p>\n
After she returned to China in 2012, she assumed a new identity and obtained a passport with the name \u201cYue Yinfang\u201d, to find a job in Singapore.<\/p>\n
She was issued a passport with the fake name in November 2012.<\/p>\n
Liu returned to Singapore on July 5, 2013, and used the passport with the fake name for immigration clearance.<\/p>\n
She declared on her disembarkation form that she had never used a passport under a different name to enter Singapore.<\/p>\n
The immigration officer at the airport, who did not know that the passport was fake, issued her a visit pass which was valid till August 2013.<\/p>\n
On July 26, 2013, Liu used the name \u201cYue Yinfang\u201d to apply for an extension to her visit pass, which was approved on the same day.<\/p>\n
While in Singapore, she became acquainted with Low, who later proposed to her. He did not know that Liu had been using a fake name.<\/p>\n
The pair solemnised their marriage on Aug 30, 2013. As her spouse, Low sponsored Liu\u2019s long-term visit passes from 2013 to 2018.<\/p>\n
Some time between 2018 and 2019, the couple\u2019s relationship began to sour, and Liu moved out of Low\u2019s flat.<\/p>\n
They seldom contacted each other, until Liu needed Low to sponsor her long-term visit pass renewal in December 2020.<\/p>\n
On Dec 2, 2020, Liu and Low submitted a long-term visit pass application form on ICA\u2019s platform, with Liu\u2019s fake identity. They also falsely declared that they were still living together.<\/p>\n
Liu\u2019s long-term visit pass was cancelled on Dec 19, 2025, and she was issued a short-term visit pass, which was valid till Jan 18.<\/p>\n
As she wanted to return to China, Liu went to the Chinese Embassy in Singapore to apply for a travel document as her passport had expired.<\/p>\n
The embassy issued her a one-time travel document bearing her real name, which she presented at Changi Airport on Jan 16. That led to the discovery of her offences.<\/p>\n
For making a false statement to obtain entry into Singapore, an offender can be fined up to $4,000, jailed for up to 12 months, or both.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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