SINGAPORE: A man was detained and subsequently deported, after he caused a temporary lockdown at Woodlands Checkpoint on June 4.
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said on June 12 in a media reply that an auxiliary police officer had noticed the Pakistani man walking against the flow of traffic at 9.42am near the entrance of the checkpoint’s arrival motorcycle zone.
The man claimed he had dropped his cashcard when he was questioned by the officer.
When the officer tried to look for the man’s motorcycle, the man then turned around and ran back towards Malaysia despite the officer’s instructions for him to stop.
“ICA officers immediately responded to the incident and initiated a lockdown of the checkpoint, as part of our security protocols,” the authority said.
The man was later arrested and handed over the ICA’s Enforcement Division for investigations, ICA said, adding that the man claimed he had no intentions of entering Singapore.
The man was given a stern warning for failing to follow officers’ instructions and for resisting them in carrying out their duties. He was also barred from re-entering Singapore.
Under the Immigration Act, the penalty for resisting or obstructing any immigration officer in the execution of the officer’s duty is a fine of up to S$4,000, a jail term of up to 12 months, or both. - The Straits Times/ANN
