SU WENQIANG, the first of 10 foreigners embroiled in the over S$3 billion money laundering case to be convicted, will be deported after serving his jail term, said the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA).
“Foreigners convicted of offences in Singapore will be deported after serving their sentences and barred from re-entering Singapore.
“The location of deportation is dependent on the admissibility of the foreigner based on his/her valid passport,” ICA said in response to queries from The Business Times on where Su will be repatriated after serving his jail term.
Su, originally from China, became a Cambodian national on Oct 7, 2019. He also holds passports from Vanuatu and China.
He was sentenced on Tuesday (Apr 2) to 13 months’ jail upon pleading guilty to two charges of money laundering involving assets of more than S$500,000. Another nine charges were taken into consideration in sentencing.
Both sentences for the two charges will run concurrently and were backdated to Aug 15, 2023, when he was arrested in an islandwide anti-money laundering blitz.
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In response to queries on what will happen to the seized assets that Su has surrendered to the state, the police said the non-cash assets will be sold through means such as auctions, and the proceeds of the sale, along with forfeited cash, will be paid into Singapore’s Consolidated Fund. The fund is analogous to a bank account held by the government.
