SINGAPORE (Aug 5): Singapore said on Friday it had cancelled the permanent residence status of a professor at a prominent postgraduate school whom it identified as a US citizen, and accused him of being an agent of influence for a foreign country.

The Ministry of Home Affairs said Huang Jing, a professor of US-China relations at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, "knowingly interacted with intelligence organisations and agents of the foreign country" with the aim of bringing about a change in the direction of Singapore's foreign policy.

The ruling, which also applied to Huang's wife, Shirley Yang Xiuping, means that if they leave Singapore, they will not be readmitted.

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