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.