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A Singaporean man allegedly involved in a Cambodian-based scam syndicate<\/a> was deported from Vietnam and arrested by the Singapore Police Force (SPF) upon arrival at Changi Airport on Friday (Nov 6).<\/p>\n Lam Yong Yan, 27, had been detained by Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security for immigration offences since Nov 19, 2025.<\/p>\n He was deported from the country on Friday after investigations were completed.<\/p>\n Lam is believed to be a member of the crime ring dismantled by the SPF and Cambodian police in September 2025, which orchestrated Government official impersonation scams targeted at fellow Singaporeans.<\/p>\n Police said at <\/strong>least 528 victims collectively lost about $53 million.<\/p>\n The man will be charged in court on Saturday with facilitating the commission of a serious offence, in furtherance of the illegal purpose of a locally linked organised criminal group.<\/p>\n He faces a jail term of up to five years, a fine of up to $100,000, or both, if found guilty.<\/p>\n Lam is among the 36 people sought by local police<\/a>.<\/p>\n A total of 23 Singaporeans and six Malaysians are still on the run.<\/p>\n Director of the Criminal Investigation Department Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Julius Lim said on Friday that Singapore deeply appreciates the support and close co-operation of Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security in securing Lam’s return.<\/p>\n “Those who prey on victims in Singapore should know that crossing borders does not put them beyond the reach of the law,” he stated.<\/p>\n “The SPF will work with our international partners to hold them accountable, however far they go.”<\/p>\n Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the remaining suspects should call the SPF hotline at 1800-255-0000, or +65 6255 0000 for overseas callers, or submit information online at www.police.gov.sg\/i-witness<\/a>.<\/p>\n All information received will be kept confidential.<\/p>\n [[nid:724671]]<\/span><\/p>\n lim.kewei@asiaone.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n A Singaporean man allegedly involved in a Cambodian-based scam syndicate was deported from Vietnam and arrested by the Singapore Police Force (SPF) upon arrival at…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98323,"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-98322","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\/98322","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=98322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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