ANG MO KIO PASAR MALAM
In a separate case, Ker Yong Sen and his accomplice Tan Hoe Soon, 70, were fined for engaging in a conspiracy to hire two foreign workers without valid work passes.
Tan and Ker Yong Sen rented a food stall at Ang Mo Kio pasar malam from March to April last year, hiring two foreign workers as food stall assistants to prepare and sell food, as well as collect cash from customers.
MOM officers conducted inspections at the fair on Mar 31 and Apr 4 last year.
Similar to the first case, both foreign workers were on social visit passes and did not have valid work passes. They were also not provided proper lodging by Tan and Ker Yong Sen.
Tan and Ker Yong Sen were fined S$8,500 each in September last year.
MOM highlighted a third separate case involving 47-year-old Sao Wei Loon, who was sentenced in October last year to two months’ jail and fined S$45,000, for illegally employing 11 foreign workers without work passes.
He had rented food stalls at a fair outside Hillion Mall in October 2022, hiring foreign workers who were on social visit passes.
All 19 foreign workers who were employed by these five people have been barred from working in Singapore, said MOM.
Anyone who employs a foreign worker without a valid work pass can be jailed for up to 12 months, fined between S$5,000 and S$30,000, or both.