SINGAPORE - A couple gave a false address to enrol their child in a prestigious school during Phase 2C of the 2015 Primary 1 registration exercise.
On Monday (Jan 29), the child's mother, 36, was given the maximum fine of $5,000 for giving false information to a public servant. Meanwhile, her 39-year-old husband was fined $4,000 for giving a false contact address to a registration officer at Serangoon Gardens Neighbourhood Police Post.
The couple cannot be named to protect the identity of their child.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Shahla Iqbal said that on May 1, 2014, the couple lied to a registration officer at Serangoon Gardens NPP that their residential address was in Bishan when they were still living in Serangoon Gardens.
