sbf4life
07-12-2006, 06:26 AM
so bros.. what do you think of the couple?? They knew the rules and choose not to abide it... to me they are PLAIN STUPID!
taken from the new paper...
If only they had filled out the forms they had been sent.
But they didn't and her Indian national lover, Mr Arulappan Arul Jeyachandran, 30, had his work permit cancelled and was sent home, leaving behind their 2-month-old son with Alice.
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/mnt/media/image/launched/2006-12-07/NP_5254328_05_12_2006t.jpg
Their unusual love story began at a Little India restaurant.
Alice had seen Mr Arulappan eating there a few times.
One day, she went over and said hello.
Mr Arulappan, an Indian national, responded by telling her he could cook better curry than the restaurant and she should try it.
And the love affair began.
During the interview with The New Paper yesterday, she referred to him as her 'husband', while he repeatedly called her his 'wife', even though they're not married.
Said Alice, who did not want to be identified: 'He cooked for me and we met at my void deck to eat together. He still cooks every day.'
It did not matter to Alice that Mr Arulappan, who works in a construction company, earned just $700, while she was taking home $3,000 a month. To her, it simply meant the couple could live comfortably.
But trouble was brewing from the time the 34-year-old got pregnant in February. Despite her family's reservations, the two wanted to get married. He said it was not until baby Joe was born in September that Alice's mother spoke to him nicely.
Alice claims she did not know about rules forbidding work permit holders from marrying Singaporeans without special approval.
But Mr Arulappan would have known. The rules are made clear to all foreign workers when they arrive here.
The SMS to Alice from Mr Arulappan's boss before he was to be repatriated. -- KENNETH KOH
'I can't stay in India. I have to think of my son's future, I have to make money to support him. Things in Singapore will easier for us.' - Alice, on moving to India with Mr Arulappan
The couple went to an MP to appeal against the ban. Alice told The New Paper that she later received an appeal form from the Ministry of Manpower - but did not fill it in.
'We were afraid because someone told us that filling up the form with his particulars might cause him to be sent home,' she said.
Alice moved out of the flat she shared with her mother, while Mr Arulappan moved out of his company quarters. The couple then lived with her uncle and his family, she said.
REGISTER BIRTH
Last month, Mr Arulappan went to the Registry of Births and Deaths to get a birth certificate for baby Joe.
At the Registry of Births and Deaths, the unmarried couple had to read out a declaration before Mr Arulappan's name could be put down as the baby's father.
MOM was alerted and it cancelled his work permit on 29 Nov.
He claimed: 'I told them I wanted to marry Alice and they said we can go back to India to get married first, then come back with the marriage certificate and register with the Registry of Marriages here.'
But it is unlikely anyone told him this.
Under the Employment of Foreign Workers Act, as spelled out in the MOM website, a work permit holder must seek permission from the Controller of Work Permits to marry a Singaporean or PR, whether in or outside Singapore.
This also applies to former work permit holders, even after they have left Singapore.
The rules are stated in the work permit application form.
Things took a dramatic turn for the worse early yesterday morning.
Mr Arulappan went to his office of six years as usual but found that his name was missing from the daily list informing workers of their tasks.
He was driven to Ultimate's Triple Nine Escorts, a repatriation company.
'In the car, my boss said my work permit had been cancelled and that I would fly back home this afternoon.'
After a pause, he added: 'My wife... my son... how to take care of them now?'.
Around 9.30am, Alice received a cryptic SMS from Mr Arulappan's boss. It read: 'I advise you to bring your son to our office. That's the best I can do.'
She called the boss, who refused to tell her what had happened. A frantic Alice spent the next hour imagining the worst and calling Mr Arulappan repeatedly, but his handphone had been switched off.
Finally, he called her. He told her the location of the security company's office, and explained what happened.
'He said, 'I have to go home today. Can you pack my things and bring the baby now?' I cried,' recalled Alice.
Together with two aunts, Alice went to the office. The aunts declined to be interviewed. Alice said she did not inform her mother of the situation but did not explain why.
Calling Alice a 'good wife', Mr Arulappan said he was worried about how mother and child would cope after his departure. 'I will do whatever I can to come back,' he said.
To Alice, he was a loyal family man who called Tamil Nadu often to speak to his parents and six siblings, most of whom work as fishermen.
Alice plans to travel alone to India to marry him in February.
But when asked if she would consider moving to India to be with him, she shook her head.
'I can't stay in India. I have to think of my son's future, I have to make money to support him. Things in Singapore will be easier for us.'
The New Paper followed the couple as they were escorted to the airport where Mr Arulappan was to leave at 6.20pm.
Ultimate's director, Mr Louis Raja, has repatriated more than 3,000 workers so far, but this was a new situation.
'This is the first time I have repatriated a worker who not only is involved in a romantic relationship, but with a Singaporean woman who's had his baby at that. It's hard not to feel bad for the baby,' he said.
There had been no tears as they said their goodbyes, but later Alice wept silently, watching her 'husband' till she could no longer see him.
'Do you think he can come back soon?', she asked.
taken from the new paper...
If only they had filled out the forms they had been sent.
But they didn't and her Indian national lover, Mr Arulappan Arul Jeyachandran, 30, had his work permit cancelled and was sent home, leaving behind their 2-month-old son with Alice.
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/mnt/media/image/launched/2006-12-07/NP_5254328_05_12_2006t.jpg
Their unusual love story began at a Little India restaurant.
Alice had seen Mr Arulappan eating there a few times.
One day, she went over and said hello.
Mr Arulappan, an Indian national, responded by telling her he could cook better curry than the restaurant and she should try it.
And the love affair began.
During the interview with The New Paper yesterday, she referred to him as her 'husband', while he repeatedly called her his 'wife', even though they're not married.
Said Alice, who did not want to be identified: 'He cooked for me and we met at my void deck to eat together. He still cooks every day.'
It did not matter to Alice that Mr Arulappan, who works in a construction company, earned just $700, while she was taking home $3,000 a month. To her, it simply meant the couple could live comfortably.
But trouble was brewing from the time the 34-year-old got pregnant in February. Despite her family's reservations, the two wanted to get married. He said it was not until baby Joe was born in September that Alice's mother spoke to him nicely.
Alice claims she did not know about rules forbidding work permit holders from marrying Singaporeans without special approval.
But Mr Arulappan would have known. The rules are made clear to all foreign workers when they arrive here.
The SMS to Alice from Mr Arulappan's boss before he was to be repatriated. -- KENNETH KOH
'I can't stay in India. I have to think of my son's future, I have to make money to support him. Things in Singapore will easier for us.' - Alice, on moving to India with Mr Arulappan
The couple went to an MP to appeal against the ban. Alice told The New Paper that she later received an appeal form from the Ministry of Manpower - but did not fill it in.
'We were afraid because someone told us that filling up the form with his particulars might cause him to be sent home,' she said.
Alice moved out of the flat she shared with her mother, while Mr Arulappan moved out of his company quarters. The couple then lived with her uncle and his family, she said.
REGISTER BIRTH
Last month, Mr Arulappan went to the Registry of Births and Deaths to get a birth certificate for baby Joe.
At the Registry of Births and Deaths, the unmarried couple had to read out a declaration before Mr Arulappan's name could be put down as the baby's father.
MOM was alerted and it cancelled his work permit on 29 Nov.
He claimed: 'I told them I wanted to marry Alice and they said we can go back to India to get married first, then come back with the marriage certificate and register with the Registry of Marriages here.'
But it is unlikely anyone told him this.
Under the Employment of Foreign Workers Act, as spelled out in the MOM website, a work permit holder must seek permission from the Controller of Work Permits to marry a Singaporean or PR, whether in or outside Singapore.
This also applies to former work permit holders, even after they have left Singapore.
The rules are stated in the work permit application form.
Things took a dramatic turn for the worse early yesterday morning.
Mr Arulappan went to his office of six years as usual but found that his name was missing from the daily list informing workers of their tasks.
He was driven to Ultimate's Triple Nine Escorts, a repatriation company.
'In the car, my boss said my work permit had been cancelled and that I would fly back home this afternoon.'
After a pause, he added: 'My wife... my son... how to take care of them now?'.
Around 9.30am, Alice received a cryptic SMS from Mr Arulappan's boss. It read: 'I advise you to bring your son to our office. That's the best I can do.'
She called the boss, who refused to tell her what had happened. A frantic Alice spent the next hour imagining the worst and calling Mr Arulappan repeatedly, but his handphone had been switched off.
Finally, he called her. He told her the location of the security company's office, and explained what happened.
'He said, 'I have to go home today. Can you pack my things and bring the baby now?' I cried,' recalled Alice.
Together with two aunts, Alice went to the office. The aunts declined to be interviewed. Alice said she did not inform her mother of the situation but did not explain why.
Calling Alice a 'good wife', Mr Arulappan said he was worried about how mother and child would cope after his departure. 'I will do whatever I can to come back,' he said.
To Alice, he was a loyal family man who called Tamil Nadu often to speak to his parents and six siblings, most of whom work as fishermen.
Alice plans to travel alone to India to marry him in February.
But when asked if she would consider moving to India to be with him, she shook her head.
'I can't stay in India. I have to think of my son's future, I have to make money to support him. Things in Singapore will be easier for us.'
The New Paper followed the couple as they were escorted to the airport where Mr Arulappan was to leave at 6.20pm.
Ultimate's director, Mr Louis Raja, has repatriated more than 3,000 workers so far, but this was a new situation.
'This is the first time I have repatriated a worker who not only is involved in a romantic relationship, but with a Singaporean woman who's had his baby at that. It's hard not to feel bad for the baby,' he said.
There had been no tears as they said their goodbyes, but later Alice wept silently, watching her 'husband' till she could no longer see him.
'Do you think he can come back soon?', she asked.