When Singapore deported convicted money launderer Zhang Ruijin to Cambodia in June, this was done without any prior discussion with the Cambodian authorities, Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam said in Parliament on Tuesday (Aug 6).
“We do not consult foreign countries beforehand, as a general rule, as to whether a traveller is allowed to go there,” Shanmugam said, in response to a question from Workers’ Party Member of Parliament Sylvia Lim.
“The foreign country can, as a sovereign state, choose to allow entry, or it can choose to disallow entry when the person arrives on its shores.”
