Singapore is an attractive destination especially in the region as it is a country with a strong currency that offers high living standards, including in education, wages and safety as well as an overall far higher quality of life compared to its neighbours.
ICA officers arrested him at a flat in Tiong Bahru that previous year after he failed to provide evidence that he was in Singapore legally other than producing a Malaysian passport.
[7] In 2021, a Malaysian man who became an overstayer in Singapore after his work permit was canceled subsequently decided to go on a crime spree, including theft and fraud.
46-year-old Siva Kumar Ramachandram was arrested by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) as his original crime involved bribing a CISCO officer at the border checkpoint between Singapore and Malaysia.
He subsequently decided to work ad-hoc jobs illegally such as a salesman and attempted to avoid detection by continuously moving his place of residence throughout Singapore.