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Hong Kong rejects Singapore man's bid to dodge deportation
Convicted for fraud and theft, he claims he would face serious personal harm back here
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A photo of Kevin Ong Siu Sin in 2011, when he was sentenced to 54 months' jail in Hong Kong for cheating two women.
A Singaporean conman, jailed in Hong Kong for cheating his lovers of money, fought deportation by claiming that he would face serious personal harm if he returned to Singapore.
But a Hong Kong judge did not buy his story, finding no merit in his "bare assertions", and refused permission to apply for a judicial review of his case.
