Wang Ting-I wanted to be with her Singaporean boyfriend and eventually married him, but her offences were uncovered by the Manpower Ministry, which cancelled her work permit two days after her marriage.
New: You can now listen to articles.SINGAPORE: Wanting to enter Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic to be with her Singaporean boyfriend, a Taiwanese woman illegally bought a"freedom work pass" from a syndicate that sold such passes to foreigners.
According to a judgment made available on Tuesday , Wang was sentenced to six weeks' jail for one count of conspiring with her boyfriend to make a false statement in her work pass application. This was during the COVID-19"circuit breaker" period, when non-essential activities were not allowed. According to court documents, Ong approached an agent known only as Lin to buy the permit for Wang. He explained to Wang that this was a"freedom work permit", where she did not need to work for the company stated in the work permit.
In total, she earned an estimated average of S$12,000 to S$24,000 through tips from her customers at the nightclub. In response, the prosecutor said the fact that the couple got married eventually should not be given much weight.District Judge Lorraine Ho said there was a prevalence of cases involving foreigners who bought work passes from syndicates with no intention to work for the specified work pass employers.
While Wang was not part of the syndicate which ran the company to sell work passes to foreigners, the offence was committed as part of a syndicate's operations, said the judge.
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