{
  "id": 8154466,
  "title": "Man, 51, a Myanmar national, forges divorce cert to marry woman he had extra marital affair with in S'pore, gets caught",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/man-51-a-myanmar-national-forges-divorce-cert-to-marry-woman-he-had",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T17:54:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/09/myanmar-man-forge-divorce-apply-marry-in-singapore/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On September 15, a 51-year-old Myanmar national, Aung Zaw Moe, pleaded guilty to forging a divorce certificate and attempting to use it to apply for Singapore permanent residency. He faced four charges, including making false declarations, forgery, under the Women’s Charter, and Immigration Act. The charges will be considered during sentencing. Aung was married to a 44-year-old woman in Myanmar since 2005, and they had a son in 2008. In 2011, he moved to Singapore for work. In March 2015, Aung met and began an extramarital affair with another Myanmar national in Singapore, despite being married and not yet divorced. His wife discovered the affair and confronted him in February 2023. Aung attempted to obtain a divorce, but she refused. He then forged a divorce certificate, falsely claiming he was divorced since July 2011, to marry the woman he had an affair with. The woman discovered she was pregnant in October 2025 and informed Aung's wife, who alerted the woman's father. The woman confronted Aung, who admitted the certificate was forged. The judge rejected Aung's lawyers' arguments for leniency and adjourned his sentencing to October 7.",
  "summary": "He attempted to divorce his wife who was in Myanmar, but she refused.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}