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22-04-2015, 02:10 PM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
A SINGAPOREAN WAS ONCE JAILED 1 YEAR FOR HAVING FAKE DEGREES
Post date:
21 Apr 2015 - 11:02am
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With the revelation that there is a worker in IDA with a fake degree, it is concerning that IDA seems to be disinterested in doing anything (http://therealsingapore.com/content/ida-defends-decision-hire-foreigner-fake-degree) about it.
Since then, netizens have also continued to dig up further examples of people who are apparently working here with fake qualifications.
For those, like Former NMP Calvin Cheng (http://therealsingapore.com/content/calvin-cheng-theres-nothing-wrong-buying-degree-mill), who believe that buying a degree is not actually that bad, you are wrong.
There was a case in Jan 2013 where a Singaporean man desperate for a job was jailed for 1 year for buying several fake degrees and using them to secure jobs.
34 year old Yeo Cheng San was jailed 1 year (http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/jailed-using-fake-degrees-and-forged-testimonials-get-senior-managemen) for buying fake degrees. He had bought a Bachelor's degree, a Masters degree and a Post-Graduate Diploma for over $8,000 from a university in Florida, USA. He was then able to secure a job earning up to $12,800 a month despite only having an O level qualification.
In another case, 25 foreign talents were also jailed for having fake degrees (http://therealsingapore.com/content/25-foreign-talents-jailed-using-fake-degrees-get-work-passes) and using them to secure work passes after MOM discovered the fakes.
In this case, 25 Foreign Talents from Myanmar, India and the Philippines pleaded guilty to using fake degrees to obtain work passes in Singapore and were sentenced to 4 to 12 weeks jail each.
The MOM issued 20 S Passes and 5 EPs to the 25 FTs with fake degrees between November 2012 and June 2013.
The MOM later discovered that the degrees were fake after doing some additional checks with the foreign institutions that the degrees were supposedly from.
Given that there have clearly been prosecutions in the past, it is wrong to suggest that buying a degree is not that bad.
Is there a double standard being held when some people are jailed for having fake degrees while others are defended by government agencies?
When will IDA take action?
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?205188-A-singaporean-was-once-jailed-1-year-for-having-fake-degrees&goto=newpost).
A SINGAPOREAN WAS ONCE JAILED 1 YEAR FOR HAVING FAKE DEGREES
Post date:
21 Apr 2015 - 11:02am
http://therealsingapore.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/15313607_13_0.jpg?itok=NLTRM1du (http://therealsingapore.com/sites/default/files/field/image/15313607_13_0.jpg)
With the revelation that there is a worker in IDA with a fake degree, it is concerning that IDA seems to be disinterested in doing anything (http://therealsingapore.com/content/ida-defends-decision-hire-foreigner-fake-degree) about it.
Since then, netizens have also continued to dig up further examples of people who are apparently working here with fake qualifications.
For those, like Former NMP Calvin Cheng (http://therealsingapore.com/content/calvin-cheng-theres-nothing-wrong-buying-degree-mill), who believe that buying a degree is not actually that bad, you are wrong.
There was a case in Jan 2013 where a Singaporean man desperate for a job was jailed for 1 year for buying several fake degrees and using them to secure jobs.
34 year old Yeo Cheng San was jailed 1 year (http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/jailed-using-fake-degrees-and-forged-testimonials-get-senior-managemen) for buying fake degrees. He had bought a Bachelor's degree, a Masters degree and a Post-Graduate Diploma for over $8,000 from a university in Florida, USA. He was then able to secure a job earning up to $12,800 a month despite only having an O level qualification.
In another case, 25 foreign talents were also jailed for having fake degrees (http://therealsingapore.com/content/25-foreign-talents-jailed-using-fake-degrees-get-work-passes) and using them to secure work passes after MOM discovered the fakes.
In this case, 25 Foreign Talents from Myanmar, India and the Philippines pleaded guilty to using fake degrees to obtain work passes in Singapore and were sentenced to 4 to 12 weeks jail each.
The MOM issued 20 S Passes and 5 EPs to the 25 FTs with fake degrees between November 2012 and June 2013.
The MOM later discovered that the degrees were fake after doing some additional checks with the foreign institutions that the degrees were supposedly from.
Given that there have clearly been prosecutions in the past, it is wrong to suggest that buying a degree is not that bad.
Is there a double standard being held when some people are jailed for having fake degrees while others are defended by government agencies?
When will IDA take action?
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?205188-A-singaporean-was-once-jailed-1-year-for-having-fake-degrees&goto=newpost).