SINGAPORE: Last August, 10 people were arrested in an anti-money laundering raid, in which S$3 billion worth of assets were seized or frozen.

The last of the 10 offenders, Su Jianfeng, was sentenced to 17 months’ imprisonment on Jun 10, bringing the saga to a close. Su’s sentence was the highest amongst the 10 offenders, who received sentences between 13 and 16 months’ imprisonment for their roles in the scheme.

Since Jul 26, all 10 suspects have been deported from Singapore. This is because they were remanded after being charged in August 2023, and have completed their jail terms after factoring in a one-third remission for good behaviour.

Some members of the public have expressed the view that the sentences imposed on the 10 offenders were too lenient, perhaps because the case has been described as “one of the largest money laundering cases that have been prosecuted in the nation”.

This case brings to mind other times the public voiced its disapproval with the sentence imposed by the courts.

In 2019, National University of Singapore undergraduate Terence Siow Kai Yuen was ordered to undergo probation for molesting a woman on board an MRT train. Siow was assessed to be suitable for probation because his academic results showed he had the "potential to excel in life".

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