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Father & son jailed 10 weeks after flying from China to S'pore to assault M'sian man over failed S$18,000 investment
Summary by The Singapore Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Gawain Pek , as published by Mothership
· November 11, 2026
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Hoping to secure Singapore work passes, a father-son duo from China sold their family car and took bank loans to invest S$18,000 in Singapore businesses run by a 35-year-old Malaysian. However, the investment turned bad and the work pass applications were unsuccessful. They then flew from China t...
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Key points However, the investment turned bad and the work pass applications were unsuccessful. Hoping to secure Singapore work passes, a father-son duo from China sold their family car and took bank loans to invest S$18,000 in Singapore businesses run by a 35-year-old Malaysian.
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What is this story about? Hoping to secure Singapore work passes, a father-son duo from China sold their family car and took bank loans to invest S$18,000 in Singapore businesses run by a 35-year-old Malaysian. However, the investment turned bad and the work pass applications were unsuccessful. They then flew from China t...
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