When Gandaruban Subramaniam fled Singapore more than 20 years ago to escape his creditors, he first landed in London. There, he found work as a sweeper but the cold winters drove him on to Sri Lanka, where he remained. He returned to Singapore every now and then, using a false identity each time. The law eventually caught up with him last October when he tried once more to enter Singapore using a fake identity. Yesterday, the 60-year-old was told he would spend the next three years behind bars for faking his death to collect insurance payouts totalling $331,341.
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