SINGAPORE, Aug 31 — Singapore’s home ministry said yesterday that it will introduce a law in coming months to grant police the power to temporarily restrict the banking...
Singapore ’s new law: Police to freeze funds of scam victims who just won’t believe they’re being duped
The proposed law comes as the number of scam cases involving the voluntary transfer of money by the victim to the scammer remains high, despite measures and efforts to educate the public on how to avoid being tricked, the ministry said. “The proposed bill seeks to better protect targets of ongoing scams by empowering the police to issue restriction orders to banks to restrict the banking transactions of an individual, if there is reason to believe that he will make money transfers to the scammer,” the ministry said.
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