Ex-top cop charged

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Dec 11, 2009
Ex-top cop charged
By Elena Chong
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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> A FORMER senior police officer was charged in court on Friday with helping a friend arrange for someone to take the rap for a traffic offence. Ex-Deputy Superintendent of Police Kelvin Choo Yew Beng, 37, allegedly helped Ms Evangeline Tay Sun Ann, 21, to pervert the course of justice in February last year by arranging for property agent Leung Man Kwan to take the blame for Ms Tay for beating the red light. The charge also states that he helped Ms Tay pass a sum of $1,000 to Leung, 34. Leung was sentenced to three months' jail last month for a similar offence but she is appealing. Choo's pre-trial conference has been scheduled for Jan 21. If convicted, he faces a jail term of up to seven years and/or a fine.

 

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Ex-policeman, foreign national charged in court
By Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 11 December 2009 1433 hrs
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SINGAPORE: A former senior police officer has been charged with corruption.

Choo Yew Beng, who was a Deputy Superintendant of Police, allegedly helped arrange for a third party to take the rap for a traffic offence on behalf of an offender.

Choo was handed a sum of S$1,000, which was offered by the offender, to the third party.

If found guilty, Choo faces imprisonment of up to seven years. He could also be fined.

In another case, Chinese national Ma Bao Yu had tried to offer gratification – a dinner meal and bribery – to a project consultant in exchange for leniency during a routine worksite inspection.

The project consultant rejected the offer and reported the matter to his supervisor.

The offence took place in August last year at a HDB construction site in Choa Chu Kang.

If found guilty, Ma could face a maximum penalty of a S$100,000 fine and imprisonment of five years.

- CNA/yb