THE CASE
Sattar invited Amir and another Bangladeshi national, Ullah Mohammed Neamat, to the gathering on Aug 9, said SPF and MOM on Thursday.
According to court documents, Sattar also facilitated Amir’s travel, provided the logistical equipment needed for the gathering and conducted promotional outreach efforts about Amir’s preaching.
However, he did not apply for a Miscellaneous Work Pass for Amir to deliver a talk related to religion.
Amir allegedly preached to the migrant workers at the gathering while Ullah was accused of performing songs to the crowd despite Sattar not having a public entertainment licence, said SPF and MOM.
Sattar was a director at the dormitory’s operator, SBM Electrical & Automation, when he committed the alleged offences.
Other charges he faces are for providing public entertainment without a public entertainment licence, and for abetting a foreigner to conduct activities as a religious speaker in Singapore without a work pass.
If convicted of organising a public assembly without a permit, Sattar could face a fine of up to S$5,000 (US$3,700).
For providing public entertainment without a licence, he could face a fine of up to S$20,000 if convicted.
If found guilty of the offence he faces under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act, he may face a fine of up to S$20,000, up to two years’ jail, or both.
SBM Electrical & Automation was also charged for allowing a large number of foreign workers who were not residents to enter the dormitory’s premises to attend the event, without maintaining proper records of their entering and leaving.
Dormitory operators must, for at least one year, keep within the dormitory premises an up-to-date record of people who enter the premises if they are neither dormitory residents nor persons employed by the dormitory.
Dormitory operators who contravene licence conditions may face a fine of up to S$50,000, up to one year’ jail, or both, for each contravention.
