Police officers reject S$1,000 bribe from illegal immigrant
Posted: 15 August 2011 1515 hrs
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
