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Careful now OP. Singapore authorities do not take theft lightly. They recently handcuffed three young boys for shoplifting

A really good article by Limpeh:

http://limpehft.blogspot.ca/2014/12/you ... facts.html

Democracy will only happen if Singaporeans dare to stand up and not be afraid to speak up. And of course vote wisely in the next election.

It's best not to obtain Singapore citizenship for the boy as there are implications in the future with National Service. Despite what they say in this forum, I know of Singaporean boys who emigrated to Canada at young ages of 3 and 10, and are not allowed to renounce their Singapore citizenship wit...

According to the government, there were 200,000 overseas Singaporean in 2012, up from 157,100 in 2003.

http://app.msf.gov.sg/Portals/0/Files/S ... f2012a.pdf

Looks like the OP has a lot of company. You can't blame the guy for trying to break ties with a city state with laws that don't quite fit a "democracy". For the OP, here are a few avenues: 1) Try renouncing anyways, and hope that Mindef will let you off. In the process you would have to supply a lot...

It's best not to obtain Singapore citizenship for the boy as there are implications in the future with National Service. Despite what they say in this forum, I know of Singaporean boys who emigrated to Canada at young ages of 3 and 10, and are not allowed to renounce their Singapore citizenship with...