SINGAPORE — About 2,500 visitors to Singapore are refused entry every month for various reasons, Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said on Monday (Sept 9) in the wake of the case involving Bangladeshi extremist preacher Amir Hamza, who entered the country illegally.
SINGAPORE — About 2,500 visitors to Singapore are refused entry every month for various reasons, Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said on Monday in the wake of the case involving Bangladeshi extremist preacher Amir Hamza, who entered the country illegally.New: You can now listen to articles.
Amir Hamza entered the country on Aug 9 and illegally preached to Bangladeshi migrant workers at the Lantana Lodge dormitory in Tuas, propagating extremist and segregationist teachings. He left Singapore the next day and the authorities received police reports on Aug 12.“The offences that are being looked into include participation in an unlawful assembly under the Public Order Act, and not obtaining a Miscellaneous Work Permit required under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act,” he said.
In response, Mr Shanmugam said that in the case of Amir Hamza, he had a visa and a local sponsor, but there was no agent involved. This was because the person who sponsored him is related to the dorm operator, and that person is being investigated as well.
The Multi-Modal Biometric System was introduced into Singapore’s border screening regime in July 2020, Mr Shanmugam noted. Moving forward, he will be detected if he tries to re-enter Singapore again, regardless of what passport or name he goes under, as his biometrics are now registered, said Mr Shanmugam.
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