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A senior investigation officer with the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB)who spent some $7,000 seized from suspects to pay for his fiancée's divorce from her husband was jailed for 13 months yesterday.
Muhammad Nur Wagiyoh, 30, lost his job when the offences were discovered in 2010.
Yesterday, a district court sentenced him for misappropriating the money.
The court heard that he joined the CNB in March 2008 and committed the offences a year later and in 2010 when he was attached to the bureau’s investigation division.
His duties included handling cash and other items seized from suspects in cases he was assigned to investigate.
While the CNB officer would return all other items, he would keep the cash, telling the suspects they would get it later.
He did this for five different cases.
In September 2010, police received information from the CNB that cash handled by Muhammad Nur was unaccounted for.
Investigations then revealed that he had spent it. He has since repaid the full amount.
Defence counsel K.P. Allagarsamy said that his client had taken the money to help pay for his fiancée's acrimonious divorce.
The lawyer also said that Muhammad Nur knew he had to return the money and had intended to do so with the $10,000 bonus he was expecting last year.
Arguing for at least a year in jail, Deputy Public Prosecutor Nicholas Ngoh said that Muhammad Nur had brought dishonour to the CNB.
When passing sentence, District Judge Liew Thiam Leng agreed, noting that the former officer had fallen short of the high standard of integrity expected from law enforcement officers.
Muhammad Nur, who sported a ponytail, could have been jailed for up to 15 years and fined up to $10,000.
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