Security guard jailed for lying

[SwineHunter]

Jun 30, 2010
Security guard jailed for lying

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WHILE he was a police corporal, Mohd Ghalib Sadruddin falsely accused the head of administration of Traffic Police of corruption and was jailed for three months in 2002. Now a security guard, he tried to get an investigator with the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) into trouble and was jailed six months.

The 57-year-old is appealing against the conviction for providing false information to CPIB on Oct 1, 2007. Ghalib claimed that he had witnessed special investigator Mohd Osman Ahamed Meerah, 55, advise a food-stall owner named only as Mr Kasim on how to avoid detection when employing illegal immigrants.

In return, Mr Kasim, who operated the Indian Muslim stall in the Malayan Railway Canteen in Tanjong Pagar, would provide free meals to the CPIB officer on numerous occasions every month between 2002 and 2005. Investigations, however, revealed that Ghalib had been in jail from July to September 2002 and his statement to the CPIB was deemed misleading.

During the five-day trial in May, Ghalib testified that the inclusion of the period he was in jail was an 'oversight' but the accusations were true. However, District Judge Paul Quan was not convinced as food-stall workers had told the court Mr Osman did not receive free food. The court could not hear from Mr Kasim as he died in Malaysia in 2005. Bail was doubled to $10,000 pending appeal.

 

[Cao Pi]

Jul 1, 2010
Security guard jailed for lying

<!-- by line --> By Khushwant Singh
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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> WHILE he was a police corporal, Mohd Ghalib Sadruddin falsely accused the head of administration of Traffic Police of corruption and was jailed for three months in 2002. Now a security guard, he tried to get an investigator with the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) into trouble and was jailed six months. The 57-year-old is appealing against the conviction for providing false information to CPIB on Oct 1, 2007.

Ghalib claimed that he had witnessed special investigator Mohd Osman Ahamed Meerah, 55, advise a food-stall owner named only as Mr Kasim on how to avoid detection when employing illegal immigrants. In return, Mr Kasim, who operated the Indian Muslim stall in the Malayan Railway Canteen in Tanjong Pagar, would provide free meals to the CPIB officer on numerous occasions every month between 2002 and 2005.

Investigations, however, revealed that Ghalib had been in jail from July to September 2002 and his statement to the CPIB was deemed misleading. During the five-day trial in May, Ghalib testified that the inclusion of the period he was in jail was an 'oversight' but the accusations were true. However, District Judge Paul Quan was not convinced as food-stall workers had told the court Mr Osman did not receive free food. The court could not hear from Mr Kasim as he died in Malaysia in 2005. Bail was doubled to $10,000 pending appeal.