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Nov 11, 2009
ICA officer jailed for corruption <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Khushwant Singh </td></tr> </tbody></table>
HE STARTED out as an office boy in 1970 and rose to become a chief immigration and checkpoints specialist over 40 years. But Chung Cheong Weng, 60, was left surveying the tatters of his career on Wednesday, bound as he now is for jail time. The downfall of this married father of three grown sons: accepting sexual favours from a 36-year-old Chinese national he was supposed to have been investigating, which earned him a six-month term. He was handed another two months for hindering investigations by asking her to keep mum about their relationship and to delete cellphone text messages they had exchanged. Chung, convicted last week, has been suspended from duty on half pay by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) since June 2007. He will now be dismissed.
Nov 11, 2009
ICA officer jailed for corruption <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Khushwant Singh </td></tr> </tbody></table>
HE STARTED out as an office boy in 1970 and rose to become a chief immigration and checkpoints specialist over 40 years. But Chung Cheong Weng, 60, was left surveying the tatters of his career on Wednesday, bound as he now is for jail time. The downfall of this married father of three grown sons: accepting sexual favours from a 36-year-old Chinese national he was supposed to have been investigating, which earned him a six-month term. He was handed another two months for hindering investigations by asking her to keep mum about their relationship and to delete cellphone text messages they had exchanged. Chung, convicted last week, has been suspended from duty on half pay by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) since June 2007. He will now be dismissed.
