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CPIB - Major Case of the Decade!

scroobal

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Am I reading this right or does this sound like sub-contracting and breaching terms and conditions of the employment contract which is should be in the private domain. Look like CPIB got nothing important to do or unable to handle the real corruption cases.


Cisco officercaught for moonlighting

Zul Othman


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TO supplement his monthly income, a Certis Cisco auxiliary police officer decided to moonlight as a car washer and even employed two foreign construction workers to help him.
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But Mr M Subramaniam’s moonlighting days ended on Wednesday after he was arrested by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB). Yesterday, the 42-year-old was charged with two counts of abetting foreign workers to violate the terms of their work permits and two counts of engaging in trade without his employers’ consent.
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According to court documents, Mr Subramaniam had obtained a licence from the Housing Development Board (HDB) in 2003 to operate as a car washer in Sengkang HDB housing estate as well as Sunglade condominium at Serangoon Avenue 2.
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He also employed two construction workers, both Indian nationals, to wash cars.
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In exchange for a cut of their takings, Mr Subramaniam told them he would use his position as an auxiliary police officer to overlook their work-permit violations.
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But his plan backfired after CPIB officers, through enquiries and field operations, got wind of what was happening and rounded up the two workers before arresting Mr Subramaniam on Wednesday.
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Yesterday, Mr Subramaniam — who has been with Certis Cisco since 1988 — made a brief appearance at the Subordinate Court to hear the charges.
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He came to court with a large entourage consisting of family members and friends.
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Court documents revealed that Mr Subramaniam allegedly began accepting money from Indian construction worker Chellapandy Periasamy, after the latter began work as a car washer in Sunglade condominiumbetween May and December 2006.
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The accused is also alleged to have taken money fromanother construction worker,Mr Velayutham Kumar, between September 2006 and April last year at a HDB carpark in Sengkang Central.
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It is not known how much money Mr Subramaniam hadallegedly collected from them.
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Using his car washer’s licence, the accused also supposedly cleaned cars — without the consent of his employer, an offence under the Auxiliary Police Forces Regulations.
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A Certis Cisco spokesperson said the company values integrity and professionalism in its officers and “will not hesitate to take disciplinary action against officers who commit acts that run counter to these values”.
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Mr Subramaniam — now out on $10,000 bail — will be subjected to disciplinary action which may result in the termination of his employment, added the spokesperson.
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The accused, who is represented by lawyer S Balamurugan, will appear at a pre-trial conference on Nov 20.

Zul Othman


[email protected]:


TO supplement his monthly income, a Certis Cisco auxiliary police officer decided to moonlight as a car washer and even employed two foreign construction workers to help him.
.
But Mr M Subramaniam’s moonlighting days ended on Wednesday after he was arrested by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB). Yesterday, the 42-year-old was charged with two counts of abetting foreign workers to violate the terms of their work permits and two counts of engaging in trade without his employers’ consent.
.
According to court documents, Mr Subramaniam had obtained a licence from the Housing Development Board (HDB) in 2003 to operate as a car washer in Sengkang HDB housing estate as well as Sunglade condominium at Serangoon Avenue 2.
.
He also employed two construction workers, both Indian nationals, to wash cars.
.
In exchange for a cut of their takings, Mr Subramaniam told them he would use his position as an auxiliary police officer to overlook their work-permit violations.
.
But his plan backfired after CPIB officers, through enquiries and field operations, got wind of what was happening and rounded up the two workers before arresting Mr Subramaniam on Wednesday.
.
Yesterday, Mr Subramaniam — who has been with Certis Cisco since 1988 — made a brief appearance at the Subordinate Court to hear the charges.
.
He came to court with a large entourage consisting of family members and friends.
.
Court documents revealed that Mr Subramaniam allegedly began accepting money from Indian construction worker Chellapandy Periasamy, after the latter began work as a car washer in Sunglade condominiumbetween May and December 2006.
.
The accused is also alleged to have taken money fromanother construction worker,Mr Velayutham Kumar, between September 2006 and April last year at a HDB carpark in Sengkang Central.
.
It is not known how much money Mr Subramaniam hadallegedly collected from them.
.
Using his car washer’s licence, the accused also supposedly cleaned cars — without the consent of his employer, an offence under the Auxiliary Police Forces Regulations.
.
A Certis Cisco spokesperson said the company values integrity and professionalism in its officers and “will not hesitate to take disciplinary action against officers who commit acts that run counter to these values”.
.
Mr Subramaniam — now out on $10,000 bail — will be subjected to disciplinary action which may result in the termination of his employment, added the spokesperson.
.
The accused, who is represented by lawyer S Balamurugan, will appear at a pre-trial conference on Nov
 
Cisco officer on duty is treated the same as a police officer.
 
Well, at least we know that Certis Cisco is paying their staff peanuts, and are forbidding them to make ends meet by taking his own entreprising initiative. So, when the officers are not scheduled to work, they're expected to idle & let time slip away.
 
may be the civil service has to work extra hard to shake off its complacent label.
didn't the national park board fine an unfortunate chap $200 for sleeping on the bench in a park?
 
tough luck for the guy.
times are bad and he needs some extra income to tide over.
 
This is a rather odd case.

I would see this as a possible breach of contract on the part of the cisco officer and nothing to do with any curruption practise. but it seems someone blow the whisle on him out of jealousy of his additional wealth.
 
This is a rather odd case.

I would see this as a possible breach of contract on the part of the cisco officer and nothing to do with any curruption practise. but it seems someone blow the whisle on him out of jealousy of his additional wealth.

Agree...........
 
well,i tink during such a bad times,they have nothing much to do.
probably becos he offers to help them with their permits.
 
Like tat many poodles will be in trouble liao...... many have 2nd jobs as hawkers, taxi drivers, car jockeys, nite spot operators, private investigators, bouncers, insurance salesman, ah long runners, couriers etc..... There is a senior inspector who's running a newspaper distribution business. There's another inspector cum fishmonger whom everyone knows at the Jurong Fishery Port and always "give way" when he bids for the fishes.
 
Like tat many poodles will be in trouble liao...... many have 2nd jobs as hawkers, taxi drivers, car jockeys, nite spot operators, private investigators, bouncers, insurance salesman, ah long runners, couriers etc..... There is a senior inspector who's running a newspaper distribution business. There's another inspector cum fishmonger whom everyone knows at the Jurong Fishery Port and always "give way" when he bids for the fishes.

Agree, many also help out with family businesses. I am still getting around my head on how washing cars with buckets makes sense with CPIB and the wider economy. Auxilliary police officers are not very well paid, as they are involved in physical security aspect and just one step up from the usually condominium and shopping centre guards.

Hope they report the court case in the papers.
 
In exchange for a cut of their takings, Mr Subramaniam told them he would use his position as an auxiliary police officer to overlook their work-permit violations.

Looking at the report, can only see a link in the above as the reason why the CPIB is involved. On the other hand, let's be wary of the government diverting our attention away from the real issues of civil service incompetence with this 'peanuts' case.
 
CPIB is good at catching 5 cent, 10 cent cases.
Name me a big fish they have caught in recent times......don't tell me there is no big time corruption in Singapore?

Anyway, our leaders have lost their moral fibre since they decided to compromise their values by encouraging public gambling. They are the real villians. I have lost all repect for them, especially those that claim they follow the koran, the bible, or confucious, but yet keep quiet over moral issues......
 
I suspect this bit was the corruption.

In exchange for a cut of their takings, Mr Subramaniam told them he would use his position as an auxiliary police officer to overlook their work-permit violations.

This is a rather odd case.

I would see this as a possible breach of contract on the part of the cisco officer and nothing to do with any curruption practise. but it seems someone blow the whisle on him out of jealousy of his additional wealth.
 
I suspect this bit was the corruption.

In exchange for a cut of their takings, Mr Subramaniam told them he would use his position as an auxiliary police officer to overlook their work-permit violations.

if that is to be the case, then i would agree, curroption is there to be arrested.
 
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