{"id":98064,"date":"2026-11-07T11:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T03:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98064"},"modified":"2026-11-07T11:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T03:21:08","slug":"a-27-year-old-singaporean-man-has-been-arrested-after-being-deported-from-vietna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98064","title":{"rendered":"A 27-year-old Singaporean man has been arrested after being deported from Vietna&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\nA 27-year-old Singaporean man has been arrested after being deported from Vietnam over his alleged links to a Cambodia-based scam syndicate.<\/p>\n<p>The group is believed to be connected to at least 528 scam cases in Singapore, with reported losses totalling approximately S$53 million.<\/p>\n<p>Identified as Lam Yong Yan, he was among 36 individuals wanted by the Singapore Police Force. He was arrested by CID officers upon arriving in Singapore on 6 November.<\/p>\n<p>He is expected to be charged in court on 7 November. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison, a fine of up to S$100,000, or both.<\/p>\n<p>The authorities have stressed that operating overseas does not put suspected offenders beyond the reach of Singapore law.<\/p>\n<p>**528 cases. S$53 million in losses. 36 wanted suspects.**<\/p>\n<p>Cross-border cooperation remains crucial in tackling organised scam networks.<\/p>\n<p>#Singapore #SingaporePolice #ScamAlert #SingaporeNews<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/893954192_929651393416736_4734118278786407604_n.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp_automatic_fb_img\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/893954192_929651393416736_4734118278786407604_n.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100064694979509\/posts\/1568453028654515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 27-year-old Singaporean man has been arrested after being deported from Vietnam over his alleged links to a Cambodia-based scam syndicate. The group is believed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98064","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=98064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}