Singapore: Jail Term Should Be a Starting Point in Sentencing for False Declarations Relating to Work Passes

On 22 July 2019, the High Court upheld a District Court's decision in convicting and sentencing Mr. Chiew Kok Chai for an offence under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act ("EFMA") for the following activities:

1. Making false declarations of employers when obtaining work passes for foreign workers; and
   
   
2. Abetting the commission of the above offence under the EFMA.

His appeal was dismissed, and he was subsequently sentenced to 12 weeks' imprisonment for the offences.