Woman charged with using forged death certificate to get compassionate leave
Su Qin is also accused of forging medical certificates to deceive her company into granting her medical leave.
A view of the State Courts of Singapore. (File photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)
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SINGAPORE: A woman was charged in court on Thursday (Aug 8) with using a forged death certificate to obtain compassionate leave.
Su Qin, a 37-year-old Chinese national and Singapore permanent resident, was also charged with forging medical certificates (MCs) to get medical leave.
According to charge sheets, Su submitted a forged electronic MC with the header "St Luke Hospital" to her company ETC Singapore SEC Limited on Apr 1.
The document, dated Mar 31, was allegedly forged at a flat in Bukit Batok Street 11.
She allegedly submitted another forged electronic MC from the same hospital dated Apr 5 to her company on Apr 8.
Both times, she is accused of intending to defraud her company's representative in order to be granted medical leave.
On Apr 15, Su allegedly submitted a forged certificate of death dated Apr 8 for a person called Zhang Weiqin to another company she worked for - gaming firm Century Games.
This was so she could be granted compassionate leave by deception, the charge sheet stated.
Knowingly using a forged death cert is an offence under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act.
Su was given a date to plead guilty in September and offered personal bond of S$3,000.
It is unclear at this early stage of proceedings how she got found out.
For forgery, she could be jailed for up to four years, fined, or both.
For knowingly using a forged death certificate, she could be jailed for up to 10 years, fined up to S$10,000, or both.
