SINGAPORE, March 13 -- A total of 45 immigration offenders (IO) were arrested for overstaying in a three-day multiple enforcement operations in Singapore, the Immigration &Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said in a press release on Friday.
The operation, conducted from March 10-12, arrested 28 males and 17 females, ages between 20 and 50 years old. Among those arrested, most were from Bangladesh, China and Nepal, ICA said.
All the IO had overstayed in Singapore, the release said, adding that a 31-year-old Bangladeshi national who had sublet his room to other IO was arrested for suspected harboring offences.
Investigations are ongoing.
Under Singapore's Immigration Act, the penalties for overstaying or illegal entry are a jail term of up to six months plus a minimum of three strokes of the cane, while the penalties for illegal departure is a fine of up to 2,000 Singapore dollars ( 1,440 U.S. dollars), a jail term of up to six months, or both.
Attendants-to-be join Mr. & Miss Campus Contest
J-11 fighters in air exercise
Beauties dancing on the rings
China hosts overseas disaster relief exercise for the first time
20 pairs of twins who will become flight attendants in Sichuan
Beijing's toughest anti-smoking law takes effect
PLA soldiers operating vehicle-mounted guns in drill
Blind carpenter in E China's Jiangxi
Top 10 highest-paid sports teams in the world
Obama is sowing discontent in S.China Sea
Rescuers work through night to reach cruise ship survivors
Driving through limbo
Facing down MERSDay|Week
