Post by BlueDragon on Aug 26, 2006 17:04:09 GMT 7
Look like our Law does have feeling...
Thai in Singapore Jailed gets leniency reported in Bangkokpost.
Singapore (dpa) - A Thai woman once banned from entering Singapore is likely to get a shot at marital harmony after four weeks in jail, news reports said Saturday.
The saga of Wilasini Maniwan, 21, and her Singaporean husband, Or Chee Koon, 30, has spanned nearly three years, two illegal entries, one baby and six appeals to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), The Straits Times said.
The ICA has decided to consider favourably another appeal from Maniwan to stay in the city-state once she serves her jail time.
In sentencing her on Friday, District Judge Danielle Yeow said she should have known better than than to try to enter Singapore illegally for the second time. Despite changing her name and identity, the woman was arrested at Changi Airport on February 8.
Maniwan met Or in Singapore in 2003. She overstayed her visa and was deported to her homeland, where she had a baby girl in April 2005, the court heard.
In June 2005, she sneaked into Singapore with her newborn and was ordered to return to Thailand by ICA.
When Or travelled to Thailand in February, Maniwan came along for the return trip with a new passport and new name: Maphatson Or.
Maniwan could have been jailed up to a year. Instead, the ICA officer prosecuting the case indicated the authority would consider her appeal to stay favourably.
Thai in Singapore Jailed gets leniency reported in Bangkokpost.
Singapore (dpa) - A Thai woman once banned from entering Singapore is likely to get a shot at marital harmony after four weeks in jail, news reports said Saturday.
The saga of Wilasini Maniwan, 21, and her Singaporean husband, Or Chee Koon, 30, has spanned nearly three years, two illegal entries, one baby and six appeals to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), The Straits Times said.
The ICA has decided to consider favourably another appeal from Maniwan to stay in the city-state once she serves her jail time.
In sentencing her on Friday, District Judge Danielle Yeow said she should have known better than than to try to enter Singapore illegally for the second time. Despite changing her name and identity, the woman was arrested at Changi Airport on February 8.
Maniwan met Or in Singapore in 2003. She overstayed her visa and was deported to her homeland, where she had a baby girl in April 2005, the court heard.
In June 2005, she sneaked into Singapore with her newborn and was ordered to return to Thailand by ICA.
When Or travelled to Thailand in February, Maniwan came along for the return trip with a new passport and new name: Maphatson Or.
Maniwan could have been jailed up to a year. Instead, the ICA officer prosecuting the case indicated the authority would consider her appeal to stay favourably.
