aaronpang - in relation to forgery, is that still the case? i was under the impression that parliament has amended the law?

agape_ian - one way is like this. when you transfer the property, the land office never sees the seller. they don't have the seller's signature sample. all they have is the transfer document signed by the seller and witnessed by a lawyer. all you have to do is to forge the seller's signature, then forge the lawyer's signature, and you have yourself a nice piece of land. also, you have to get hold of the original title.

this does happen in rare cases, but not too often as the title is hard to get hold of.

and this is where the land office comes into the picture, probably.

actually, it is not that easy to get a replacement title. the owner will have to lodge a police report, and i think the police will want to see the ic of the person lodging the report.

there are 1000s of titles in the land office. it will be much easier to just get someone to take 1 out from there.