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A 24 year-old male cyclist who attempted to bribe 2 traffic police
officers yesterday found out the hard way that police integrity
could not be bought.
On 9 June 2010 at about 3.50 pm, Sergeant Nazir Bin Jaffar and
Sergeant Mohammed Fadzly spotted a cyclist riding on the footway at
Geylang Road before the junction of Sims Way and directed him to
stop. However the cyclist refused to do so and tried to escape.
Sergeant Nazir and Sergeant Fadzly immediately gave chase on foot
and managed to stop him at Geylang Lorong 4.
The officers explained to the cyclist that he would be booked for
cycling along the footway of a public road. The said cyclist then
took out two Singapore ten dollar notes and offered it to the two
traffic police officers in return for letting him off. True to
their calling, the two traffic police officers immediately rejected
the cash offered and placed the cyclist under arrest for attempting
to bribe them. The case has since been referred to the Corrupt
Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB).
Ag Commander of Traffic Police, Superintendent Poh Lye Hin
commended the two officers and said, “Integrity is one of the four
core values of the SPF. I am proud of my officers who held true to
their values and rejected the bribe without hesitation. Their
actions have certainly exemplified what the SPF stands for.”
