Vietnamese woman scholar previously under MFA recounts ordeal of being detained for hours, sent back by S'pore immigration

She was sent back despite travelling to and from Singapore more than 100 times in the past two years.

Belmont Lay| October 21, 04:57 AM

Update, Oct. 21, 1pm: This article has been edited and original post of the woman's account in this article has been removed at the request of the original poster. She has also taken down her Facebook post.

A Vietnamese woman has taken to Facebook to talk about her ordeal with the Singapore immigration.

Her account, which reeks of profiling solely because she is a single Vietnamese woman -- but also having experienced borderline maltreatment by Singapore's authorities -- is disturbing.

According to her, her background and credentials were no saving grace at all: She said she first arrived in Singapore as a scholar some seven years ago under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and even attended one of the top schools here -- presumably a tertiary institution.

After which, she worked in Singapore for three years until she relocated back to Ho Chi Minh to continue working for an international firm.

But she would still travel back and forth between Ho Chi Minh and Singapore often, mostly for between three and 10 days for training or meetings.

In all, she has been travelling back and forth almost weekly from Singapore and Ho Chi Minh more than 100 times within the last two years due to her job in consulting.

However, by her estimates, she will be led into a waiting room for additional background checks almost 90 percent of the time.

 

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