Jailed over sexual bribe

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Dec 8, 2009

Jailed over sexual bribe
By Elena Chong
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Koh Hui Chong, 43, had earlier pleaded guilty to attempting to get the sexual bribe from a 44-year-old woman. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

<!-- story content : start --> A FORMER National Environment support officer who tried to get sexual favours from a teen smoker's mother was jailed for four months on Tuesday. Koh Hui Chong, 43, had earlier pleaded guilty to attempting to get the sexual bribe from a 44-year-old woman in return for not taking action against her then 15-year-old son for underage smoking on May 6 last year. Investigation showed that a week earlier, he had seen a schoolboy smoking at a playground and suspected that he was an underage smoker. He told the teen that he would be booked for underage smoking, and asked for his parents' contact details. The boy gave him a false number. Koh approached the boy's school to get contact information of the teen's parents even though he had no authority to do so. He later contacted the boy's mother and tried to get sexual favours from her in return for not taking action against the boy. Koh, who is married with a daughter, could have been fined up to $100,000 and/or jailed for up to five years for corruption.

 

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Dec 9, 2009

NEA MAN'S BRAZEN DEMAND
'Have sex with me and...'
He gets 4 months' jail after teenager's mum reports him

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Koh had three condoms in his bag when he arrived at the woman's flat. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

<!-- story content : start --> IT STARTED as an official call. National Environment Agency (NEA) officer Koh Hui Chong telephoned a woman to tell her that he had caught her teenage son smoking and littering. The next day, the 44-year-old woman received a text message from the officer, saying he wanted to go to her flat to advise her on raising teenagers. His messages kept coming, from morning to night. Then they turned explicit: He asked her for sex in return for letting her son off the hook. That was when she reported him. The next day, Koh, 43, messaged to ask if she was alone at home and if he could go over. She said 'yes'. He arrived with three condoms in his bag, but was greeted by officers from the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB).

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