InsideInfo: Someone in ICA on the take..

[makapaaa]

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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - InsideInfo: Someone in ICA on the take..</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead vAlign=top><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>kojakbt_89 <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>1:56 am </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 4) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>38683.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>Just got this info from quite a reliable source. Someone inside ICA is on the take. The ICA officers are usually rotated every 2-3 years, esp those processing PR applications. There is some guy in ICA whose term would be up by next year, decides to make some side money before his term is up.
He charged a PRC MM on s-pass here $20K for helping her to get her PR. The PR has been approved. This PRC MM's s-pass is also "how siao" one. Her qualifications were fake, according to my source.
If I hear anymore, will let you all know...

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[makapaaa]

Sep 2, 2010

ICA officer cleared of graft

Court hearing appeal deems prosecution's key witness unreliable

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Dong, 56, is still facing a further eight corruption charges alleging he received $70,000 in bribes. -- ST FILE PHOTO

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SENIOR immigration officer Dong Ching Jit was staring at a 11/2-year jail term - the result of allegedly extending the social visit passes (SVPs) of foreign nationals for bribes amounting to more than $10,000.
However, he was cleared of any wrongdoing when the High Court hearing his appeal ruled that the charges were not proved beyond reasonable doubt. But his trouble with the law is not yet over.
Although Dong, 56, was cleared of four corruption charges by Justice Choo Han Teck, he still faces a further eight corruption charges that he received $70,000 in bribes for similar offences.
His lawyer Tng Kim Choon will be meeting prosecutors today to make arrangements for the trial. Dong is out on $100,000 bail.
His appeal was argued by Senior Counsel Sant Singh and, in the judgment released this week, Justice Choo gave the main reason why he acquitted Dong: The key prosecution witness, whose testimony was to prove the immigration officer's guilt, was not at all reliable.
The judge pointed to three 'unsatisfactory aspects' of Edmund Hoon Wai Kein's evidence.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
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[lovesamleong]

SENIOR immigration officer

How much is a SENIOR immigration officer paid??