2-6-2024 (SINGAPORE) In a significant development in Singapore’s largest money laundering case, three more convicted individuals have been deported, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) announced on June 2.
Cambodian national Su Baolin, 42, and Cypriot national Su Haijin, 41, were deported to Cambodia on May 25 and 28, respectively. Turkish national Vang Shuiming, 43, was deported to Japan on June 1. Vang holds passports from China, Vanuatu, and Turkey, as revealed in court documents.
The ICA had previously stated in April that the “location of deportation is dependent on the admissibility of the foreigner based on his or her valid passport.” All three men, originally from Fujian, China, are now barred from re-entering Singapore.
With these latest deportations, five of the eight convicted money launderers in this case have now been expelled from the country.
Su Haijin, during a police raid, jumped from the second-floor balcony of a luxury bungalow, leading to his conviction on one charge of resisting arrest and two charges of money laundering. Su Baolin was found guilty of three charges: two for money laundering and one for abetting false representations to the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore. Both men were sentenced to 14 months in prison in April.
Vang was sentenced in May to 13 months and six weeks in prison after admitting to two counts of money laundering and one count of submitting a forged document to a bank. The sentences for all three men were backdated to their arrest on August 15, 2023, meaning they each served approximately 9½ months of their sentences.
These individuals were part of a group of 10 arrested in August 2023 during simultaneous police raids across the island in connection with a money laundering probe that led to the seizure of over $3 billion in assets.
Earlier, on May 6, Su Wenqiang and Wang Baosen, both 32, were the first to be deported. They were sent back to Cambodia after serving around 8½ months of their 13-month sentences.
To date, seven men and one woman involved in this money laundering case have been convicted and sentenced, receiving jail terms ranging from 13 to 15 months.
Further developments are expected as Vanuatu national Su Jianfeng, 36, facing 14 charges, is scheduled to plead guilty on June 6. Cypriot national Wang Dehai, 35, who faces two money laundering charges, is set to enter a guilty plea on June 7.
