Retired CNB officer gets 6 weeks' jail for failure to arrest duo
Published on Apr 4, 2012
Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officer Lim Tian Siew who has since retired was sentenced to six weeks' jail on Wednesday for failing to arrest and hand over two men to the nearest police station for offering him bribes. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
By Elena Chong
A Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officer who has since retired was sentenced to six weeks' jail on Wednesday for failing to arrest and hand over two men to the nearest police station for offering him bribes.
Lim Tian Siew alias Lang Tian Siew, 56, is appealing against conviction and sentence.
Formerly attached to the bureau's marine division, the senior staff sergeant retired in September last year and stands to lose his pension of about $500,000 if conviction is maintained.
District Judge Eugene Teo convicted the long-time officer last month of four charges after a 10-day trial.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.