A Singaporean businessman wanted in the United States for violating sanctions against North Korea is recently in the city-state where he is being investigated, Singapore police said.
In a statement issued last Saturday, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said it had sought an explanation from its US counterparts about the award as it kept them informed about the ongoing investigation through local authorities.
The U. S. Department of State The U. S. Department of Justice on Thursday filed $5 million for data on businessman Kwek Kee Seng, blaming him for fuel deliveries to North Korea and ship-to-ship transfers, as well as cash laundering through shell companies.
In 2021, federal prosecutors in New York issued an arrest warrant for Kwek, a year after one of his tankers, the M/T Courageous, was seized across Cambodia at the request of the United States for alleged sanctions violations.
Kwek, 62, owns the city-state-based shipping company Swanseas Port Services.
The State Department’s Rewards for Justice program said its precise location is unknown and it was also known to be in North Korea, Cambodia, Taiwan and Thailand, as well as Cameroon and the small Caribbean country of St. Kitts and Nevis.
But Singapore police said in a statement that “Kwek is in Singapore lately. “
He has been under investigation since April last year through the Department of Commercial Affairs — the city’s white-collar crime investigation firm — and his passport has been confiscated.
Singapore police said the investigation was opened after the U. S. Department of Justice opened its investigation. The U. S. Department of Justice announced that a thief complaint had been filed against Kwek for “alleged conspiracy to evade economic sanctions” against North Korea and money laundering.
Police added that they had shared their investigation into Kwek with U. S. law enforcement authorities. U. S.
“Since then, there have been several exchanges. Due to the nature and complexity of the case, investigations are still ongoing,” police said.
“On November 4, 2022, the FPS wrote to our U. S. counterparts. The U. S. government requested clarification, given that we had been in active communication with our U. S. counterparts. “We are working in the U. S. on Kwek’s case,” he added.
“Singapore will continue to assist the U. S. government. Under our foreign laws and obligations. “
The award comes as the United States urges strict enforcement of United Nations sanctions against North Korea after it introduced a barrage of missiles, adding one that landed near South Korean waters.
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