corruption

Social service officer stole $340,000 meant for needy and spent it on luxury goods Alert raised when money went to two accounts PUBLISHED 44 MIN AGO Linette Heng SINGAPORE (THE NEW PAPER) - His job involved disbursing money to low-income families in need of financial assistance. But a Ministry...

http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/four-alleged-sea-games-match-fixers-face-new-charges Four alleged SEA Games match fixers face new charges Published: 6:33 PM, June 5, 2015 SINGAPORE — The quartet prosecuted for conspiring to fix a SEA Games football match had fresh charges pressed...

MDA staff jailed 14 months for corruption and ordered to pay penalty of $18,000 Lai Wai Khuen, former assistant director of Media Development Authority (MDA)'s Industry Operations Division, was jailed for 14 months on Tuesday and ordered to pay a penalty of $18,000. <small...

<header style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, 'DejaVu Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">This green hat mata kia obviously used the database to get the info of his wife's lover... but court only nailed him with a lesser charge. Can we trust mata kias with...

NParks exec to go on trial in Brompton bikes case By Claire Huang POSTED: 12 Feb 2014 14:31 The National Parks Board assistant director in the controversial Brompton bikes case will go on trial from next month to fight allegations of providing false information. The hearing will be held...

Officials with spouses overseas won't be promoted 2014-01-17 09:03China DailyWeb Editor: Wang Fan The regulation of "naked officials" — civil servants whose family members have migrated overseas — has been tightened in the wake of the Party's efforts to fight graft. Government officials...

"Inflation is good for the economy" theory: pure bollocks I say! I think that inflation (the increasing price of a fixed basket of goods) represents either government corruption or some corrupt leak in the economic bucket whereby due to additional costs (e.g. Increased Corruption/ increase...

Police corporal charged with cheating two people Published on Sep 02, 2013 3:47 PM By Elena Chong A policeman was charged on Monday with cheating two victims of $150 each by making them believe he could settle a case of criminal misappropriation of property against their family members...

Top management in govt subject to new reporting system for procurement audits Published on Aug 12, 2013 3:03 PM By Goh Chin Lian Top brass of government agencies will have to comply with a new reporting system to ensure they keep "active oversight" of procurement audits, said Deputy...

Corruption, financial crime cases involving public officers low & stable: DPM Teo POSTED: 24 Jul 2013 11:54 AM The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) on average opened 39 cases involving public officers per year for investigation. SINGAPORE: The Corrupt Practices Investigation...

Senior MOM officer charged for obtaining sexual favours AsiaOne Tuesday, Apr 09, 2013 SINGAPORE - A senior investigation officer from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) was charged in court today for obtaining gratification in the form of sexual favours from a Chinese national. Charges read in...

Singapore's concept of averting bank bankruptcy- sleeping with the enemy. PM Lee says that he cannot regulate banks; time to put your $$$ in portions of $50k in different Singapore banks? Saw the following news report about PM Lee saying that he cannot really tell the difference between retail...

Screaming from today's ST front page: Corruption cases down to seven-year low Majority of last year's 183 cases originated from private sector Singapore has been consistently ranked as one of the world's least corrupt countries, coming in fifthy out of 183 countries last year in...

Govt not satisfied with current state of procurement: DPM Tharman Updated 03:00 PM Aug 12, 2012 SINGAPORE - The government is not satisfied with the current state of procurement said Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. Mr Tharman said the government was looking at how the...

Corruption is kept in check in S'pore: Shanmugam AsiaOne Sunday, Aug 05, 2012 There is corruption in Singapore, but there is also a system to keep it in check, Law Minister K. Shanmugam said on Saturday. The Straits Times reported that the minister had defended Singapore's system of...

Beggar jailed 6 weeks for attempting to bribe police AsiaOne Friday, Jul 27, 2012 A 59-year-old Chinese national has been sentenced to six weeks in prison after trying to bribe two police officers who caught him begging at Whampoa Drive. According to the Straits Times, Dai Yongfa had a...

Global manhunt is on for Chinese rogue banker China Daily/Asia News Network Tuesday, Mar 27, 2012 China has launched an international hunt for a former bank chief accused of fleeing with more than 100 million yuan (S$20 million) illegally raised from relatives and friends. The Ministry of...

First it's NParks 'tactical ranger', now SP got 'technical officer' aka technician .... next case will involve 'strategic janitor'? Former SP PowerGrid employee jailed for graft AsiaOne Friday, Feb 03, 2012 A former technical officer was sentenced to four weeks' jail and ordered to pay $1,600...

Civil service spring cleaning continues even after CNY! Btw, what is 'tactical ranger'? Got ranger tab one boh? Ex-tactical ranger charged for accepting $20 bribe AsiaOne Friday, Feb 03, 2012 SINGAPORE - A former National Parks Board tactical ranger was charged in court yesterday for having...

Former CID officer jailed for not reporting loan sharks AsiaOne Friday, Jan 27, 2012 A police officer who was duty-bound to report suspected loan sharks borrowed from them instead. Idris Makrob, 37, was working for the Criminal Investigation Department when he frequented Base Music Jourdan...