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1984 Singapore murder suspect hid in Australia for over 30 years
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The exterior of the former supreme court near the Padang. Tham Kwok Wah was sentenced to jail in New South Wales for passport fraud and deception.
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A Singaporean, suspected of being involved in a 1984 murder in Singapore, fled to Australia and lived there for more than 30 years under a fake identity, which he used to get an Australian passport and pension benefits of some A$104,000 (S$97,000).
Tham Kwok Wah, now aged 76, was sentenced recently to six years and nine months in jail in New South Wales after he admitted to passport fraud and deception.
