SINGAPORE – An Indian-origin woman director of a Singapore company was today charged with making false declarations of foreign employees’ salaries to the government to obtain Employment Passes (EPs).
Parmjit Kaur, a former director of bar and dining chain Harry’s International, was charged with 20 counts of making false declaration of salaries in the work pass applications to the Controller of Work Passes.
The Ministry of Manpower said Parmjit made the declaration between April 8 and September 2, 2013.
Investigations reported that Parmjit instructed her subordinates to declare that the fixed monthly salaries of the foreign employees would be 3,100 dollars, salary requirement to obtain EPs.
Kaur allegedly knew that the 20 foreign employees would be paid less than what was declared in their work pass applications, the ministry said.
Her case has been adjourned to December 10.
If found guilty, she faces a maximum fine of 20,000 dollars and could be jailed for up to two years. — PTI
