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  • Damanhuri Abas: Singaporeans Must Remember This Walkover When Next GE Comes, Don’t Be Cheated By PAP Again

    Damanhuri Abas: Singaporeans Must Remember This Walkover When Next GE Comes, Don’t Be Cheated By PAP Again

    Singaporeans woke up today unhappy and in sadness. The country rightly felt betrayed by the ruling party for denying our right to vote. The wound is real and the scar is permanent.

    Any doubt that this Reserved PE was a political ploy to deny Singaporeans to choose a popular President who clearly was a threat to the ruling party is now put to rest.

    This battle is lost not on fairplay, so the people should hold our heads high as the PAP Government cheated us again. Power has corrupted them.

    Let this be their last high fix before the fall. Do not allow anyone to forget our own 911 that intends to bring down our democracy.

    Singaporeans must remember this day when the next GE comes. The stakes are our children and our children’s children.

    We are not a racist nation they paint us to be. They are the one stoking racial sentiments again and again for their vested political interest. Let us unite as a nation to right this wrong.

    For after every hardship there will be ease. Again, after every hardship there will be ease.

    God bless you all.

     

    Source: Damanhuri Bin Abas

  • Indonesia Religious Affairs Minister: Men Become Corrupt To Appease Greedy Wives

    Indonesia Religious Affairs Minister: Men Become Corrupt To Appease Greedy Wives

    AN Indonesian minister has blamed women for the scourge of graft in the country, saying that men become corrupt due to the greed and materialistic nature of their wives.

    Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin said men were driven to make more money out of guilt for not being able to spend more time at home with their families, and this leads them to corrupt practices.

    “My message [to wives] is: do not demand excessively material things that are out of the ordinary, that would be an outstanding way for women to contribute,” Lukman said on Saturday as quoted in a report by Kompas which was translated by Coconuts Jakarta.

    Lukman said although corruption was influenced by many factors, extraordinary demands from a man’s family could be one reason for graft “to atone for their guilty feeling” which made them act outside the norms.

    “Often times corruption is motivated by many things. Among other things because there are extraordinary demands [from his family] so to atone for their guilty feeling, they act outside the norms,” said Lukman.

    According to the report in Coconuts Jakarta, Lukman’s predecessor, former Minister of Religious Affairs Suryadharma Ali, was recently sentenced to six years in jail for stealing billions of rupiah from the state’s haj fund.

    Indonesia’€™s rank in Transparency International’€™s Corruption Perception Index 2015 rose to 88th from 107th position in the previous year, but public opinion views corruption as pervasive as ever.

     

    Source: https://asiancorrespondent.com

  • Cop Charged With Accepting Bribes, Placing Bets On Illegal TOTO And 4D

    Cop Charged With Accepting Bribes, Placing Bets On Illegal TOTO And 4D

    A police officer was charged on Friday (Sept 25) with allegedly obtaining bribes and placing illegal bets in 2014.

    Staff Sergeant Woo Poh Liang, 28, faces two counts of corruptly obtaining gratification totalling $35,000 to help Beltran Angelo Salvador evade prosecution in an insult of modesty case.

    Woo is alleged to have accepted one portion of the money in an interview room at Clementi Police Division on Sept 17 last year.

    Around the same day, Woo had allegedly collected more money from Salvador at a taxi stand near Outram Park MRT station.

    Woo also faces 18 counts for offences under the Common Gaming Act and Betting Act.

    From May to July 2014, Woo, who had joined the police force in 2008, had allegedly placed bets illegally on FIFA World Cup matches, Toto and 4D amounting to about $27,500.

    Woo has been granted a $30,000 bail.

    A pre-trial conference is set for Oct 22.

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

  • High Court Judge Sets Out Sentencing Decision For Corrupt Former STE Director

    High Court Judge Sets Out Sentencing Decision For Corrupt Former STE Director

    His was a crime that reflected greed and abuse of influence, and which could potentially tarnish Singapore’s reputation and businesses.

    As a former business development director in charge of the South Asia region for a subsidiary of ST Electronics (STE), Mark Edward Tjong had abused his position of influence, said Justice Tay Yong Kwang, in his written grounds of decision released yesterday (April 7).

    Last month, Justice Tay had reversed an earlier ruling acquitting Tjong of a corruption charge, and sentenced him to an additional four weeks’ jail and a S$30,000 fine, on top of the eight weeks’ jail and S$57,387.67 fine he had been sentenced to for another corruption charge.

    Tjong’s offences took place in 2006. He had recommended Bangladeshi Mujibur Rahman be appointed STE’s agent in Bangladesh and helped him acquire contracts, in exchange for bribes amounting to S$87,387.67. The district court had found Tjong guilty of corruption on one charge involving S$57,386.67, but acquitted him of a second charge involving S$30,000. Tjong appealed against his sentence for the first charge, while the prosecution appealed against the acquittal for the second charge.

    In his written grounds, Justice Tay noted that Tjong’s recommendation was accepted by STE’s president unhesitatingly, as he was trusted by STE to manage and promote its interest in Bangladesh.

    He also noted that STE is fully owned by Singapore Technologies Engineering, which in turn is 50 per cent-owned by government-owned Temasek Holdings. “STE could easily be viewed as a government-linked or government-owned entity. The harm caused by the offences here therefore included the possible adverse impact on the reputation and integrity of Singapore companies and of Singapore generally,” said Justice Tay, adding that the case also involved “a cross-border commercial element”.

    If Tjong does not pay the additional S$30,000 fine, he will have to serve another six weeks in jail.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • Customs Officer Charged For Attempting To Obtain Sexual Gratification From Woman Carying Duty-Unpaid Cigarettes

    Customs Officer Charged For Attempting To Obtain Sexual Gratification From Woman Carying Duty-Unpaid Cigarettes

    A customs investigation officer was charged with corruption on Thursday for attempting to receive sexual gratification in exchange for turning a blind eye on illegal cigarettes.

    Jonathan Sasayiah, 28, had caught Ms Nursusilla Kassim on July 15 this year carrying cigarettes that had been carried into Singapore without paying customs duties.

    He had suggested that he give him sexual gratification in exchange for leniency on the possession.

    The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) said that “Law enforcement officers are vested with the authority to clamp down on illicit activities in Singapore. Any law enforcement officer who even attempts to abuse this authority for personal and corrupt gains will face severe consequences”.

    The CPIB also reiterated that Singapore has a zero tolerance policy and anyone involved in such acts will be prosecuted.

    The Customs Officer faces up to 5 years in jail and a fine of up to $100,000 if convicted of corruption.

     

    Source: http://therealsingapore.com