Jail, caning for man banned from Singapore who returned with false identity and started a family


On Oct 2, Muhammad Salman, 46, whose original name is Malik Irfan Arshad, was sentenced to three years’ jail and three strokes of the cane. - Photo: ST

SINGAPORE: A convicted immigrant who was banned from re-entering Singapore in 1998 but came back the next year under a false identity and started a family here, has been sentenced to jail and caning.

On Thursday (Oct 2), Muhammad Salman, 46, whose original name is Malik Irfan Arshad, was sentenced to three years’ jail and three strokes of the cane.

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