Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) whether the Government has a standard protocol of consulting the authorities of the intended receiving countries before proceeding with the deportations of foreigners convicted of offences in Singapore; and (b) in the case of a money laundering convict who was deported from Singapore to Cambodia in JuneContinue reading “PROCEDURE FOR CONSULTING AUTHORITIES OF INTENDED RECEIVING COUNTRIES BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH DEPORTATIONS OF FOREIGNERS CONVICTED OF OFFENCES IN SINGAPORE”
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PROCESS FOR COORDINATING TECHNICAL TAKEDOWN, LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND VICTIM SUPPORT ACROSS MINISTRIES FOR DEEPFAKE-RELATED CRIMES
Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) what is the current process for coordinating technical takedown, legal assistance and victim support across the Ministries for deepfake-related crimes; (b) how does the response time and interagency coordination for deepfake incidents compare to those handled by the Anti-Scam Centre (ASC); and (c) given theContinue reading “PROCESS FOR COORDINATING TECHNICAL TAKEDOWN, LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND VICTIM SUPPORT ACROSS MINISTRIES FOR DEEPFAKE-RELATED CRIMES”
REASONS THAT WRONG RECIPIENT NAMES WERE SENT OUT ON SINGLE SENDER “GOV.SG” SMSes
Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Home Affairs with regard to wrong recipient names being sent out on the first operational day of the single sender “gov.sg” SMSes (a) how many messages have been sent with the wrong recipient names; (b) what has been the specific administrative error that led to this; and (c)Continue reading “REASONS THAT WRONG RECIPIENT NAMES WERE SENT OUT ON SINGLE SENDER “GOV.SG” SMSes”
REPORTED CRIMINAL ACTS INVOLVING ALLEGED IMAGE-BASED SEXUAL ABUSE CASES
Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) in each of the last three years, how many instances of alleged criminal acts involving the possession or distribution of voyeuristic or intimate image or recording or any other alleged image-based sexual abuse have been reported to the Police; (b) how many involved deepfakes orContinue reading “REPORTED CRIMINAL ACTS INVOLVING ALLEGED IMAGE-BASED SEXUAL ABUSE CASES”
SHORTENING AVERAGE PROCESSING TIME FOR LAWYER-INMATE CORRESPONDENCE
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) in the past three years, what is the average processing time for (i) hardcopy correspondences from lawyers and (ii) e-Letters, to be delivered to prison inmates respectively; and (b) whether the Ministry will consider introducing a separate e-Letters system with a shorter processing timeContinue reading “SHORTENING AVERAGE PROCESSING TIME FOR LAWYER-INMATE CORRESPONDENCE”
CONSIDERATIONS FOR BUILDING CIVIL DEFENCE PUBLIC SHELTER WITHIN HOUSING ESTATE
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) what are the considerations behind the decision to construct a civil defence public shelter within a given housing estate; (b) whether the scarcity of such shelters in non-mature estates, such as Sengkang and Punggol, are due to the in-built shelters in HDB units; andContinue reading “CONSIDERATIONS FOR BUILDING CIVIL DEFENCE PUBLIC SHELTER WITHIN HOUSING ESTATE”
FACTORS CONSIDERED IN DECIDING DEPORTATION DESTINATIONS FOR FOREIGNERS WHO HAVE SERVED THEIR SENTENCES IN SINGAPORE
Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) for foreigners convicted of offences in Singapore, what are the considerations taken into account in deciding which country to deport them to after they have served their sentences; and (b) how are these considerations applied to the offenders involved in the recent billion-dollar money laundering case. TheContinue reading “FACTORS CONSIDERED IN DECIDING DEPORTATION DESTINATIONS FOR FOREIGNERS WHO HAVE SERVED THEIR SENTENCES IN SINGAPORE”
COMPETING CLAIMS FOR ASSETS FORFEITED BY THOSE CONVICTED IN MONEY LAUNDERING CASE
Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Home Affairs regarding the assets forfeited by those convicted in the multi-billion dollar money laundering case, whether there have been any competing claims to the assets lodged with the courts thus far by foreign governments or parties. Mr Speaker: Back to you, Minister of State Sun Xueling. The Minister ofContinue reading “COMPETING CLAIMS FOR ASSETS FORFEITED BY THOSE CONVICTED IN MONEY LAUNDERING CASE”
ASSESSMENT OF DETERRENT EFFECT OF SINGAPORE’S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAWS
Mr Pritam Singh asked the Minister for Home Affairs in view of the public feedback on the proportionality of the sentences meted out to the perpetrators of Singapore’s largest anti-money laundering case, what is the Ministry’s assessment of the deterrent effect of the anti-money laundering laws. The Minister of State for Home Affairs (Ms Sun Xueling)Continue reading “ASSESSMENT OF DETERRENT EFFECT OF SINGAPORE’S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAWS”
Considerations of Inter-Ministerial Committee to Review Singapore’s Anti-money Laundering Legislation Regime
Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): Thank you, Mr Speaker. Just a question for the Minister of State. Lately, over the last two years, in particular, there has been a term that is floating in the media lexicon – “Singapore-washing”. Can I confirm whether the IMC will also be looking at the various permutations and aspects of some ofContinue reading “Considerations of Inter-Ministerial Committee to Review Singapore’s Anti-money Laundering Legislation Regime”
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