Re: All you need to know about "Marriage/Divorce" under the SG Law
a. In Apr 1995, I moved to Malaysia to work in KL after my business failed in Singapore. I was also divorced with my Singapore wife the same year. I got involved with a Malaysian lady, MS LXXI, and she got pregnant. We planned to get married for the sake of the child. MS LXX brought me to a place behind a provision shop in remote town in Pahang to give notification to get married. We filled up the application and was told to come back 21 days later for solemnization. We never did go back for the solemnization. The only documents I had then was my passport and identity card.
b. I was sued by a bank in Singapore in 1996 and made a bankrupt.
c. During the duration of our relationship from 1995 to 1998, we had 2 daughters.
d. In 1998 I was retrenched after the company I worked for closed down. I stayed in Malaysia for a few more months hoping to find new employment opportunity.
e. I was forced to return to Singapore in early 1999 due to my status as a bankrupt.
f. I contacted them by phone for a months, after that MS LXX said that she was involved in a new relationship with another man, and she took the daughters along. After that I was not able to contact them since then.
g. In 2012, I was cleared of my bankruptcy, I remarry again to a Filipino. We went through many procedure with government offices in Singapore in the last 2.5 years without any issues. This includes Immigration Office, Registrar of Marriage, Ministry of Manpower, Housing and Development Boards and CPF Offices.
h. In March 2014, when my current wife wishes to change job, her new employer applies for her work pass. Ministry of Manpower claimed that they have a record of another existing marriage in Malaysia. (She has applied for 2 work permits previously after we got married and was successful).
Please advice:
1) What to do next?
2) What would the authority do to me next?
Meanwhile I have already engaged a Malaysian Lawyer to do a search at the Malaysian ROM
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