SINGAPORE: Two Malaysian women were fined S$15,000 (RM38,929) each for bringing into Singapore S$1.8mil (RM4.7mil) without declaring the money at the Woodlands Checkpoint here.
The Straits Times (ST) reported that Tay Bee Hoong, 40, and Yong King Lieng, 49, pleaded guilty to the offence at the States Courts on Wednesday.
Tay, who owned the money, had instructed Yong to transport the S$1.8mil from Malaysia to Singapore without declaring it at the checkpoint on Oct 6 last year.
Yong’s charge was for moving the amount which exceeded the prescribed amount of S$30,000 (RM77,859) into Singapore.
According to ST, Deputy Public Prosecutor Kok Shu-En said Yong and two others arrived at the checkpoint last Oct 6 in a Malaysian-registered car.
During a routine check, an Immigration and Checkpoints Authority officer found a bag with stacks of cash.
Investigations showed that Tay had instructed Yong to bring the money from her (Tay’s) home in Malaysia to the Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) casino where she was gambling.
The S$1.8mil was part of her previous winnings at the integrated resort, the paper reported. – Bernama