Convicted foreigners with multiple passports can choose where to be deported: Sun Xueling
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Foreigners with multiple passports who are convicted in Singapore can indicate where they prefer to be deported, and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will assess if they can be admitted to that country, said Minister of State for Home Affairs Sun Xueling iConvicted foreigners with multiple passports can choose where to be deported: Sun Xueling
Foreigners with multiple passports who are convicted in Singapore can indicate where they prefer to be deported, and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will assess if they can be admitted to that country, said Minister of State for Home Affairs Sun Xueling in Parliament on Tuesday (July 2). The assessment is based on the validity of the foreigners' travel documents, she said. She was fielding questions from Members of Parliament (MPs) on the recent money laundering case with over S$3 billion in assets seized. The 10 foreign nationals who were arrested on Aug 15, 2023, were convicted of money laundering-related charges and are serving jail terms of 13 to 17 months. Workers' Party MP Sylvia Lim asked what is taken into account in deciding where convicted foreigners are deported after serving their sentences, and how these considerations were applied to the 10 in this case. Sun replied that foreigners convicted in Singapore, including those in this case, are deported to «any country to which their passport or travel document allows them to go». Read more