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More NS defaulters in 2011 than in 2010

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Court sets out punishment guidelines for NS dodgers

 

 

 

 

For those who evade NS for two to six years, the starting point is two to four months in jail; for seven to 10 years, it is five to eight months in jail; and for 11 to 16 years, it is 14 to 22 months in jail. For the worst cases involving those who evade their duty for 17 to 23 years or more, the default jail term kicks off from two years to the maximum of three years in jail.

 

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/court-sets-out-punishment-guidelines-for-ns-dodgers

 

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Thai who defaulted on Singapore NS obligations fined $6,000

 

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/thai-who-defaulted-on-spore-ns-obligations-fined-6000

 

Registered as a Singaporean at the age of one, the 24-year-old Thai national never lived here

A Thai national who was registered as a Singaporean when he was one year old, but has never lived in Singapore, was fined $6,000 yesterday for defaulting on his national service obligations here.

Ekawit Tangtrakarn, 24, an application engineer, committed the enlistment offence before he ceased being a Singapore citizen on his 22nd birthday.

Before handing down the sentence, District Judge John Ng said the Thai Embassy had provided an official letter to confirm that Ekawit is a Thai national and has served his military service in Thailand.

"Thailand is and has always been his home," the judge added.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Mansoor Amir had told the court that according to the Defence Ministry, this was the first time a defaulter had returned to Singapore to face the charge after he was no longer eligible to serve NS, owing to being neither a Singaporean nor a permanent resident.

Defence lawyer S. Radakrishnan, speaking to the media yesterday on behalf of the family, said Ekawit's mother Genevieve Lim, a Singaporean, was very thankful to the judge for the fairness shown in sentencing.

The family, which has been in Singapore for about five months, was relieved that the ordeal was over and will return to Bangkok as soon as Ekawit gets his passport back.

It had been impounded while the case was pending.

Mr Radakrishnan also said Ekawit's maternal grandmother lives in Singapore, and his past visits here were to see her.

On Aug 28, Ekawit pleaded guilty to an offence under the Enlistment Act after he remained outside Singapore without a valid exit permit for 5½ years.

DPP Mansoor said he had surrendered voluntarily, and one reason for his return was to avoid any trouble should he need to travel to Singapore.

Madam Lim, whose husband is a Thai, gave birth to Ekawit in Thailand in 1993, and he was registered as a Singapore citizen a year later.

She later had discussions with Singapore's Central Manpower Base (CMPB) on her son's NS obligations.

On Aug 7, 2006, she e-mailed CMPB to ask for an NS deferment for Ekawit until he turned 21. In October the same year, the CMPB wrote to her in Bangkok to say it was unable to grant her request.

A year later, it sent her a letter stating that a boy aged between 13 and 161/2 years must apply for an exit permit if he intends to travel or remain outside Singapore for three months or longer. If he intends to remain outside Singapore for two years or longer, his parents have to furnish a bond in the form of a bank guarantee for a minimum sum of $75,000 or 50 per cent of their combined annual gross income for the preceding year, whichever is higher.

Madam Lim replied on Oct 22, 2007, that she did not have enough money for the bond.

CMPB continued communicating with her after this.

In November 2014, it sent her an e-mail informing her that her son had committed offences under the Enlistment Act.

Ekawit was no longer a Singapore citizen from Oct 17, 2015, as he had failed to take the Oath of Renunciation, Allegiance and Loyalty within 12 months of turning 21.

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i think it's fair.

 

in fact i dont think he should have been fined at all.

 

he lived abroad all his life without reaping any benefit as a singapore citizen 

 

it was a mistake on the mother's part tbh.

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i think it's fair.

 

in fact i dont think he should have been fined at all.

 

he lived abroad all his life without reaping any benefit as a singapore citizen

 

it was a mistake on the mother's part tbh.

Compare him to ft here all expense paid with free scholarship.. then jump ship with no penalties.

 

This is the kind of "justice" that will breed contempt.

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Another NS Defaulter jail 12months (law graduate)

 

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Singapore
NS defaulter has jail term increased to 13 months after appeal
22 Oct 2018 12:07PM (Updated: 22 Oct 2018 12:10PM)
 
SINGAPORE: A 32-year-old man who defaulted on his National Service (NS) obligations had his jail sentence increased to 13 months after an appeal to have it reduced failed.
 
Douglas Tan, who has dual citizenship in Malaysia and Singapore, was originally sentenced to 10 months' jail , which Justice Hoo Sheau Peng said on Monday (Oct 22) was “manifestly inadequate”.
 
Tan, a law graduate, was born in Singapore, and has a Malaysian birth certificate, passport and identity card.
 
Tan’s lawyers had argued that Tan was not aware of his NS obligations, and that his case was similar to other cases in which the offenders were not given a jail term, but a fine instead.
 
According to court documents, Tan was studying in the United Kingdom when he was sent a notice to register for NS.
 
His father wrote to the Ministry of Defence to ask for a deferment, but this was rejected.
 
Tan claimed he only knew about his NS obligations and default when he returned to Malaysia in 2008.
 
However, Justice Hoo said: “In my view, it could not be said that the accused had been unaware of his NS liabilities, or that he had believed that his parents had resolved the matter for him.”
 
He pointed to Tan holding a Singapore passport until he was 11 years old, and thereafter using a Right of Entry stamp on his Malaysian passport, which allowed him to enter Singapore as a Singapore citizen, “a privilege he had exercised repeatedly”.
 
Tan lived in Singapore for two years in 2000 and 2001 when he studied at the Anglo-Chinese School (Independent). He did not require a student visa, paid the subsidised school fee rate for local students, and took up a Music Elective Programme scholarship that is open to Singapore citizens only.
 
“It is in my view inconceivable that, having studied in Singapore for two years in an all-boys school, he would not have been exposed to the fact that male Singapore citizens have to serve NS,” Justice Hoo added.
 
The prosecution also said that in any event, Tan had expressed his readiness in 2010 to serve NS if MINDEF could guarantee that he would not be prosecuted.
 
“When that assurance was not forthcoming, he decided to continue to stay away, returning only at a time of his choosing,” Deputy Public Prosecutor Ho Lian-Yi said.
 
Tan surrendered to the authorities in March 2016, and has since completed his full-time NS with the Singapore Civil Defence Force.
 
The prosecution, in its appeal for a stronger sentence, noted that the district judge had erred in the original sentencing by splitting up Tan's nearly 13 years as an NS defaulter into two periods to account for an amendment in the Enlistment Act.
 
Justice Hoo agreed: “The district judge had erred by applying the benchmarks to each of the two periods of default individually, instead of to the total period of default in the aggregate."
 
Tan could have been jailed up to three years, and fined a maximum of S$10,000.
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Another NS Defaulter jail 12months (law graduate)

 

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Singapore
NS defaulter has jail term increased to 13 months after appeal
22 Oct 2018 12:07PM (Updated: 22 Oct 2018 12:10PM)
 
SINGAPORE: A 32-year-old man who defaulted on his National Service (NS) obligations had his jail sentence increased to 13 months after an appeal to have it reduced failed.
 
Douglas Tan, who has dual citizenship in Malaysia and Singapore, was originally sentenced to 10 months' jail , which Justice Hoo Sheau Peng said on Monday (Oct 22) was “manifestly inadequate”.
 
Tan, a law graduate, was born in Singapore, and has a Malaysian birth certificate, passport and identity card.
 
Tan’s lawyers had argued that Tan was not aware of his NS obligations, and that his case was similar to other cases in which the offenders were not given a jail term, but a fine instead.
 
According to court documents, Tan was studying in the United Kingdom when he was sent a notice to register for NS.
 
His father wrote to the Ministry of Defence to ask for a deferment, but this was rejected.
 
Tan claimed he only knew about his NS obligations and default when he returned to Malaysia in 2008.
 
However, Justice Hoo said: “In my view, it could not be said that the accused had been unaware of his NS liabilities, or that he had believed that his parents had resolved the matter for him.”
 
He pointed to Tan holding a Singapore passport until he was 11 years old, and thereafter using a Right of Entry stamp on his Malaysian passport, which allowed him to enter Singapore as a Singapore citizen, “a privilege he had exercised repeatedly”.
 
Tan lived in Singapore for two years in 2000 and 2001 when he studied at the Anglo-Chinese School (Independent). He did not require a student visa, paid the subsidised school fee rate for local students, and took up a Music Elective Programme scholarship that is open to Singapore citizens only.
 
“It is in my view inconceivable that, having studied in Singapore for two years in an all-boys school, he would not have been exposed to the fact that male Singapore citizens have to serve NS,” Justice Hoo added.
 
The prosecution also said that in any event, Tan had expressed his readiness in 2010 to serve NS if MINDEF could guarantee that he would not be prosecuted.
 
“When that assurance was not forthcoming, he decided to continue to stay away, returning only at a time of his choosing,” Deputy Public Prosecutor Ho Lian-Yi said.
 
Tan surrendered to the authorities in March 2016, and has since completed his full-time NS with the Singapore Civil Defence Force.
 
The prosecution, in its appeal for a stronger sentence, noted that the district judge had erred in the original sentencing by splitting up Tan's nearly 13 years as an NS defaulter into two periods to account for an amendment in the Enlistment Act.
 
Justice Hoo agreed: “The district judge had erred by applying the benchmarks to each of the two periods of default individually, instead of to the total period of default in the aggregate."
 
Tan could have been jailed up to three years, and fined a maximum of S$10,000.

 

 

This fellow study law but feign ignorance about ownself NS obligation. He might as well study toilet management. Can probably feign ignorance on anything happening outside the toilet cubicle. [laugh]

 

Knn even enjoy study subsidies and facilities. Really thick skin. Still dare to try to cut a deal with Mindef. He think his father is the army major share holder is it? [laugh] And this guy is a law graduate. LoL...

 

What does he think he is? And surely he thinks lowly of our justice system. I think the judge is too lenient on the sentencing. He should have given him the max senstence.

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question is if he has msia birth cert and hold msia passport since birth then when he need to serve?

Du

question is if he has msia birth cert and hold msia passport since birth then when he need to serve?

Du

question is if he has msia birth cert and hold msia passport since birth then when he need to serve?

Du

question is if he has msia birth cert and hold msia passport since birth then when he need to serve?

Du

question is if he has msia birth cert and hold msia passport since birth then when he need to serve?

Du

question is if he has msia birth cert and hold msia passport since birth then when he need to serve?

Du

question is if he has msia birth cert and hold msia passport since birth then when he need to serve?

Du

question is if he has msia birth cert and hold msia passport since birth then when he need to serve?

Du

question is if he has msia birth cert and hold msia passport since birth then when he need to serve?

Du

question is if he has msia birth cert and hold msia passport since birth then when he need to serve?

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Seems like if you're a male, having anything to do with Singapore at birth or when young is like getting herpes. You don't know when it'll come back to bite you, but it definitely will, even if it's years later. And it may not even be your mistake, the mistake could be with one of your parents, but you still end up paying for it. [laugh].

 

Actually, sorry, it's very unfair of me to compare NS obligations to herpes.

 

Many people go their whole lives without actually having a herpes attack. :D

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Seems like if you're a male, having anything to do with Singapore at birth or when young is like getting herpes. You don't know when it'll come back to bite you, but it definitely will, even if it's years later. And it may not even be your mistake, the mistake could be with one of your parents, but you still end up paying for it. [laugh].

 

Actually, sorry, it's very unfair of me to compare NS obligations to herpes.

 

Many people go their whole lives without actually having a herpes attack. :D

 

 

it would be great and a relieve for the masses if our ministers, president, perm sect, their male kids .....

 

there is a suspicious most of their NS are in tandem and help advance with what they want to do later in life

 

true or not, many are still waiting for information to be released

 

eg KFC's chicken son

 

worse a person not having done NS can be a minister and if delivering babies is a form of NS what is so wrong with others decide to serve NS in various capacity

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NS evader has jail term increased by three months

 

 

"The accused held a Singapore passport until he was 11 years old, and thereafter used a right of entry stamp on his Malaysian passport, which allowed him to enter Singapore as a Singapore citizen - a privilege he had exercised repeatedly," she said.

 

 

 

The judge added that Tan studied at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) when he was aged 14 and 15 without the need for a student visa, paid subsidised fees for local students, and took up a music elective programme scholarship which is open to Singapore citizens only.

 

"Further, it is in my view inconceivable that, having studied in Singapore for two years in an all-boys school, he would not have been exposed to the fact that male Singapore citizens have to serve NS," she said.

 

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/ns-evader-has-jail-term-increased-by-three-months

 

 

 

 

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