The station inspector, who has been suspended since Dec 27, 2018, allegedly forged statements from people linked to the eight cases.All the affected inquiries involved fatal crashes. They had been handled by the then State Coroner Marvin Bay, and he had to look into the cases again.Cheong's alleged offences came to light following investigations by the police's Internal Affairs Office.
The seventh case was heard on Oct 19 and the court heard that Cheong's alleged acts of forgery had no impact on its findings.For this case, Cheong is said to have forged the statements from two passengers who were in a car - a 12-year-old boy and his sister. Among other things, Coroner Bay said in his findings that the contents of the boy's forged statements had no impact on the case.More On This TopicIn an unrelated case, lawyer Willjude Vimalraj Raymond Suras, 31, was also charged on Tuesday with multiple counts of forgery.
A search on the Ministry of Law's website reveals that he is a legal counsel at a firm called Advance Law.For each count of forgery, an offender can be jailed for up to four years and fined.
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