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Man fails to stop NZ pension from being cut over CPF payout
Tribunal dismisses case as S'porean, who is also PR in NZ, refused to submit documents
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Mr Tan Kong Hwee, a Singaporean senior citizen who is also a permanent resident in New Zealand, lost his bid to stop the pension he gets there from being reduced because of the monthly payout he receives from the Central Provident Fund. The legal dispute would have been a test case for other Singaporeans in the same situation.
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A Singaporean senior citizen, who is a permanent resident (PR) in New Zealand, has lost his bid to stop the pension he gets there from being reduced because of the monthly payout he receives from Singapore's Central Provident Fund (CPF).
A three-member tribunal in Wellington has dismissed the case even before it could get a full hearing because Mr Tan Kong Hwee had refused to submit the required CPF documents the tribunal had asked for.
