Singapore
Mar 4, 2010
Property agent jailed 3 weeks
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SHE saw another traffic offender putting a packet of coffee powder on the motorcycle of a Certis Cisco officer and decided to try her luck. Sim Miew Fee, 49, placed two $10 notes in the officer's hand to get him to cancel her summons. The property agent was jailed for three weeks by a district court on Thursday for bribery. According to court documents, the officer found three cars parked illegally along Sophia Road near Peace Centre at 11pm on Feb 26 last year. Sim then appeared and asked him to cancel her summons as she had to use a toilet urgently. The officer explained that he was unable to do so but could note her explanation on the summons. Just then, Mr Chia Kok Wei, who had also received a summons, came to offer a packet of coffee powder valued at 50 cents to the traffic warden. The officer refused it and Mr Chia left the packet on the officer's motorcycle. The court was not told if action had been taken against Mr Chia, who is believed to have been distributing the samples of coffee powder to shops in that area.
Mar 4, 2010
Property agent jailed 3 weeks
<!-- by line --> By Khushwant Singh
<!-- end by line -->
SHE saw another traffic offender putting a packet of coffee powder on the motorcycle of a Certis Cisco officer and decided to try her luck. Sim Miew Fee, 49, placed two $10 notes in the officer's hand to get him to cancel her summons. The property agent was jailed for three weeks by a district court on Thursday for bribery. According to court documents, the officer found three cars parked illegally along Sophia Road near Peace Centre at 11pm on Feb 26 last year. Sim then appeared and asked him to cancel her summons as she had to use a toilet urgently. The officer explained that he was unable to do so but could note her explanation on the summons. Just then, Mr Chia Kok Wei, who had also received a summons, came to offer a packet of coffee powder valued at 50 cents to the traffic warden. The officer refused it and Mr Chia left the packet on the officer's motorcycle. The court was not told if action had been taken against Mr Chia, who is believed to have been distributing the samples of coffee powder to shops in that area.
