Three face charges over salary scam
By Mustafa Shafawi | Posted: 29 September 2011 1730 hrs
TY Enterprise allegedly declared that the 21 Chinese nationals employment pass holders' pay were $2,500 each while Sun Blues allegedly lied that the six S Pass holders were paid $1,800 a month. -- PHOTO: NP
SINGAPORE: Three people are facing a total of 74 charges related to the over-declaration of salaries in applications for Employment and S Passes.
This followed investigation by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) into complaints in June this year by S Pass and EP holders of two cleaning companies, TY Enterprise and Sun Blues Cleaning Maintenance.
They claimed they were made to return a portion of their salaries to their employers.
Administrative manager Thenkumari Shanmugam Packirisamy faces 27 charges for making false declarations in the salaries of the foreign workers hired by the two companies, which are under her charge.
She allegedly had no intention to pay the workers their declared salaries, which were inflated to match the qualifying wage requirements set by MOM so that the workers will be issued with work passes.
For allegedly abetting the offence, Ng Mui Shee, Andy Nelson, a former staff of licensed employment agency Star Employment, was also charged on Thursday.
He faces 27 charges for intentionally aiding Thenkumari in making false salary declarations by helping to fill up the application forms for her to sign, despite knowing that the workers will be underpaid.
Tan Ah Huat, the director of the employment agency, faces 20 charges for making false declarations in the salaries of the foreign workers in 20 of these 27 applications.
This is despite knowing the workers will be underpaid.
Their companies were also charged on Thursday with making false salary declarations.
Earlier this month, an employer was convicted of abetment in making a false declaration in the salary of an S Pass holder.
The sole proprietor of Forever Sanitary Plumbing Services, Ang Chiew Huat, was fined S$11,000 for instructing his employment agent to over-declare the salary of his supervisor in his Work Pass application.
Ang had also submitted false salary documents when his company was under investigation by MOM and illegally deployed the S Pass holder to work in a vocation which differed from the one stated in his work permit.
MOM said from January to June this year, 16 employers were prosecuted for making false declarations in Work Pass applications.
Employers who are convicted of making a false declaration in a Work Pass application can be fined up to S$15,000 or given up to 12 months' jail, or both.
-CNA/wk
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