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Singapore to review Ong Beng Seng's PR status after he was fined in Iswaran gifts scandal

Singapore to review Ong Beng Seng's PR status after he was fined in Iswaran gifts scandal

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Ong Beng Seng 's permanent resident (PR) status will be reviewed by Singapore's Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) after he was fined for abetting in the obstruction of justice on Friday.
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The ICA said
Singapore permanent residents who have been convicted of an offence will have their PR status reviewed.
'ICA will review Mr Ong Beng Seng's PR since he has been convicted and sentenced,' the authority said on Friday.
Ong, 79, was fined S$30,000 (US$23,400) on Friday for abetting former transport minister S Iswaran in the obstruction of justice.
Principal District Judge Lee Lit Cheng had agreed with the prosecution and defence that judicial mercy was justified and imposed the maximum fine a District Court can give, instead of three months' jail.
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She said that imprisonment would carry a high risk of endangering Ong's life since he has incurable malignant cancer – multiple myeloma – and is immunosuppressed and more prone to unusual and severe infections.
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