Indian nationwide jailed for harbouring immigration offender

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By PTI

SINGAPORE: A 37-year-old Indian nationwide was sentenced to jail for over 9 months on Friday for harbouring an immigration offender and perverting the course of justice by asking one other man to misinform immigration officers when questioned, in line with a media report.

Paramasivam Seeman was jailed for 9 months and a couple of weeks for his offences, the Channel Information Asia reported.

He had deceived a buddy into signing a tenancy settlement as the primary tenant of a unit at Rowell Highway within the Little India precinct, mentioned the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) within the information report.

His buddy, who didn’t stay within the unit, was misled to suppose that the tenancy settlement was for an additional unit at Buffalo Highway, additionally inside the identical neighborhood, and signed the doc with out studying it.

Paramasivam then rented the place to his colleagues and picked up lease from them to earn additional revenue, mentioned the ICA.

One of many tenants was Sri Lankan nationwide Abdul Cadeer Naina, who had overstayed in Singapore for a interval of 150 days after the expiry of his go to move.

The Sri Lankan nationwide didn’t provide to point out any identification paperwork to Paramasivam when he sublet a mattress area within the unit, in line with the information channel.

Paramasivam additionally didn’t ask for any paperwork to confirm if the person’s keep in Singapore was legitimate, it added.

Abdul Cadeer Naina was arrested on the unit on June 30 final yr, when ICA officers carried out their checks.

When the primary tenant was interviewed by ICA officers, he informed them that Paramasivam had requested him to supply a false assertion and coached him on how to answer the officers’ questions.

As an alternative, the primary tenant “ignored Paramasivam’s request and offered a factual account of the occasions”, ICA mentioned.

The immigration authority mentioned Paramasivam had not exercised due diligence by finishing up checks required by legislation earlier than permitting the Sri Lankan nationwide to remain on the unit.

“He had dedicated an offence of harbouring immigration offenders with reckless disregard underneath the Immigration Act,” the ICA mentioned.

For overstaying his visa, Abdul Cadeer Naina was sentenced in July final yr to 1 months’ jail and three strokes of the cane.

As for the primary tenant, he was “administered with verbal advisories” after ICA decided that the unit was sublet by Paramasivam with out his information.

“The ICA takes a agency stance in opposition to any one who harbours immigration offenders,” the authority mentioned.

“Those that want to lease their premises should train due diligence in checking the standing of their potential overseas tenants to make sure that their standing in Singapore is authorized.”


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