Woman offers cops S$20,000 to avoid blowing

[MarrickG]

A WOMAN stopped for drink driving was yesterday jailed for trying to bribe two police officers.

Housewife Doris Lim Wee Fern, 36, was sentenced to eight weeks in jail after admitting two counts of corruption last month.

She offered an unspecified amount to Staff Sergeant Lim Kok Hwee and $20,000 to Woman Inspector Teo Woon Hoon to refrain from taking her for a second breathalyser test at Ang Mo Kio police station on Oct 2 last year.

The court heard that Lim, whose husband runs a coffee shop in Yishun, had been drinking with some customers there on Oct 1.

At 2.33am, she was driving her Mercedes-Benz car out of the carpark of Block 654 Yishun Avenue 4 when she crashed into four stationary vehicles.

Staff Sgt Lim and his partner were on patrol when he saw the incident. He approached Lim, who he said smelled strongly of alcohol. When she took a Hacks sweet, he told her to spit it out as it might affect the results of the breathalyser test. She failed the test.

When told that she would be taken to the police station for a second test, Lim asked Staff Sgt Lim in Mandarin if she could avoid that.

She said: “You help me, what you want?”

Staff Sgt Lim understood that she was offering a bribe and warned her not to do so. He then reported the matter to Insp Teo, who had arrived by then. Insp Teo placed her under arrest and escorted her to Ang Mo Kio police station.

When Lim arrived at the station, she offered Insp Teo $12,000. Again the officer warned her, but Lim kept repeating the amount.

Later, as Lim was about to enter the lock-up for the breath test, she told Insp Teo: “$20,000 is the maximum.” She added: “Do you want or not? If you do not want, I will go in to blow.”

District Judge Jasbendar Kaur said bribing a police officer was a very serious matter, and those who did so could expect to be jailed. She noted that Lim was persistent in her conduct, and had offered bribes to not one but two police officers.

Lim could have been fined up to $100,000 and/or jailed for up to five years on each charge.

 

[Khun Ying Pojaman]

I think it's possible to fight the bribe charges because she was under the influence of alcohol.

 

[Lee5604]

Quote: >>>At 2.33am, she was driving her Mercedes-Benz car out of the carpark of Block 654 Yishun Avenue 4 when she crashed into four stationary vehicles.<<<

How come she was not charged for the accident? Would that be a separate hearing for that or not?

 

[Balls2U]

Just by reading the caption of your thread, I thought that the woman had tried to bribe the cop to avoid being compelled to give a blowjob to the mata!

 

[scroobal]

Intoxication is no longer recognised as a mitigant in many countries.

I think it's possible to fight the bribe charges because she was under the influence of alcohol.

 

[BuiKia]

Well, it is when it comes to women giving consent to sex.

Intoxication is no longer recognised as a mitigant in many countries.

 

[Cruxx]

Intoxication is no longer recognised as a mitigant in many countries.

I think we should respect Singapore's sovereignty. Each country has its own challenges and we would do well to not interfere with the internal affairs of individual sovereign states. Pls do not compare 1st world countries to Singapore.

 

[lianbeng]

lianbeng asked, "why she never offered to blow him on something else? maybe that might work."