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Despatch driver jailed 4 weeks for offering bribe to cop
Published on Apr 12, 2012
By Elena Chong
A despatch driver was jailed for four weeks for offering $100 to a cop for not issuing him a ticket for using a mobile phone while driving.
Lim Kim Seng, 68, pleaded guilty to corruptly offering the amount to Coporal Ng Ching Heng along Thomson Road on July 6, 2011.
He was also fined $800 and banned from driving for four months for using the phone while driving at about 3.25pm that day.
The court heard that Cpl Ng was patrolling along Thomson Road when he saw Lim steering the lorry with his left hand and using the cellphone which he held to his right ear with his right hand.
He trailed the lorry and signalled him to stop by the side of the road. When told of the offence he had committed, Lim pleaded with Cpl Ng not to issue him with a summons.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
