SOURCE: The Straits Times
Ms Li Yanxiu, was arrested for using a false passport in July 2006.
She was jailed for four months and Chung, then attached to ICA’s investigation branch, was assigned to check whether she had paid for a sponsor to extend her social visit pass.
At a meeting in prison, he lied to her that he was a bachelor and said he fancied her.
Upon her release in October 2006, he got her a special pass to stay here while ICA’s investigations were ongoing. He continued to court her, and on Dec 27 that year, they had sex at Bright Star Hotel in Geylang.
Investigations into her sponsorship were completed the following month. Nothing was found that incriminated her.
So she should have been deported, but Chung recommended to his bosses that she remain here, as her file was apparently still with the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB).
On the side, he had sex with her in the same hotel four more times until April 2007. He claimed in his own defence that the sex was not free, as he had paid $800 for her companionship.
Testifying as a prosecution witness, Ms Li told the court that the money he gave her were “gifts”. She added that she would not have slept with him had he not been an immigration officer in a position to extend her special pass.
