>Three China women who tried to leave Singapore by sea but changed their minds were caught for illegal entry.
Two Singapore men, who had planned to assist them in their departure, were also arrested by immigration officers when they intercepted their vehicle near the Tuas Checkpoint on 13 August 2008 at about 4.45am.
They were returning to their car when immigration officers came to check on them.
One of the women, 40, was previously convicted of overstaying and possessing uncensored films in Singapore. She claimed that she had to return to Singapore to collect debt owed by the supplier of the uncensored films.
The other two women, aged 39 and 31, had been overstaying in Singapore for between one and four years. The three women claimed that they were charged S$2000 to S$3000 for arrangements to depart Singapore illegally.
The two men, aged 16 and 19 years, claimed that a man known as "Ah Leng" promised them S$100 each to send the women to a spot where a boat from Malaysia would take them out of Singapore.
They also claimed that they had picked up the three women and "Ah Leng" at an MRT station earlier at around 11pm. "Ah Leng" parted company with them just before they arrived at the Tuas spot.
Over-stayers and those who enter Singapore illegally face a jail term of up to six months plus a minimum of
three strokes of the cane. Or they could be fined up to $6,000. The penalty for abetting immigration offenders
out of Singapore is a jail term of two to five years, plus a minimum of three strokes of the cane.
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