SINGAPORE – A nightspot owner arranged a meeting between two men and a police station inspector from the Secret Societies Branch before helping the pair pass a red packet containing a $2,000 bribe to the officer.
Ng, who is no longer a director and shareholder at the firm, was sentenced to five weeks’ jail on Monday after he pleaded guilty to an offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act. According to court documents, Poo Tze Chiang, 46, accepted the bribe as an inducement to help “settle” police investigations into a fight between rival gangs.Ng got to know Poo, who was his police supervision officer when Ng was previously released from prison in 2013 over an offence that was not disclosed in court documents.In September 2019, one of Ng’s associates, identified in court documents as A1, reached out to Ng, stating that he had been involved in a fight between two rival gangs.
DPP Menon told the court: “A1 knew that Poo was a police officer and hoped that Poo could help ‘settle’ the police investigation. arranged for A1 and A2 to meet Poo at the KTV pub.
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