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Dec 29, 2009
Jailed for U-turn scheme role
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For abusing his position, senior specialist Mah Chin Phock, 54, was jailed for a year on Wednesday and ordered to pay a penalty of $900 on eight counts of corruption. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
AN IMMIGRATION officer received cash and loans from a coffee-shop owner for helping female Chinese nationals stay here longer after U-turn visits to Johor. This refers to the practice of foreigners here going to Malaysia for a short period and then re-entering Singapore so their social visit passes are extended for up to another month. For abusing his position, senior specialist Mah Chin Phock, 54, was jailed for a year on Wednesday and ordered to pay a penalty of $900 on eight counts of corruption. He pleaded guilty last week. Then, a district court heard that Mah met Chia Ngee Seng, 47, in 2006. The owner of Nee Seng Kopitiam in Geylang, had been providing U-turn services since 2000. From July 2007, Mah would inform Chia through coded text messages of the booth he would be manning at the Woodlands Checkpoint for the foreigners to be driven through. For this help, Chia loaned the officer $800 and also gave him $750 in cash. A sum of $650 had been returned, the court heard. Chia was jailed for 10 months in October.
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
Dec 29, 2009
Jailed for U-turn scheme role
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For abusing his position, senior specialist Mah Chin Phock, 54, was jailed for a year on Wednesday and ordered to pay a penalty of $900 on eight counts of corruption. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
AN IMMIGRATION officer received cash and loans from a coffee-shop owner for helping female Chinese nationals stay here longer after U-turn visits to Johor. This refers to the practice of foreigners here going to Malaysia for a short period and then re-entering Singapore so their social visit passes are extended for up to another month. For abusing his position, senior specialist Mah Chin Phock, 54, was jailed for a year on Wednesday and ordered to pay a penalty of $900 on eight counts of corruption. He pleaded guilty last week. Then, a district court heard that Mah met Chia Ngee Seng, 47, in 2006. The owner of Nee Seng Kopitiam in Geylang, had been providing U-turn services since 2000. From July 2007, Mah would inform Chia through coded text messages of the booth he would be manning at the Woodlands Checkpoint for the foreigners to be driven through. For this help, Chia loaned the officer $800 and also gave him $750 in cash. A sum of $650 had been returned, the court heard. Chia was jailed for 10 months in October.
