Police officers reject S$1,000 bribe from illegal
immigrant
SINGAPORE: A 42-year-old Chinese man who was arrested on suspicion
of being an illegal immigrant will now face another charge of
attempted bribery.
Two officers had conducted a spot check on him at the void deck of
one of the blocks along Yishun Ring Road on Sunday.
They found no identification documents on him but he had a S$1,000
note.
As he was being arrested for being a suspected illegal immigrant,
he twice offered the S$1,000 note to the officers to let him
go.
The note was seized as a case exhibit.
He will be charged in court on Tuesday for unlawful entry, which
carries a jail term of up to six months and at least three strokes
of the cane.
The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) is following up
on the attempted bribery.
-CNA/ac