SINGAPORE: On Friday, November 3, three former ancillary police officers were charged with crimes of corruption or criminal breach of trust connected to sexual enhancement drugs.
Two of them are charged with asking a alleged salesman for bribes in exchange for not taking legal action against him.
Two of the three officers are also charged with obtaining the illicit sexual enhancement medications for their own usage.
The three former officials who were charged on Friday are Singaporean Mohammad Hafizudin Hanapiah, 30, 66-year-old Mohd Aris Jalil, and Malaysian Thiru Murugan Shanmugam.
Hafizudin was a Certis Cisco security official assigned to SPF, while Thiru and Aris were supplementary police officers for the Singapore Police Force.
A third person, Chen Zixiong, a 30-year-old Chinese national and purported sex drug peddler, was accused of accepting bribes.
Thiru is charged with plotting with Hafizudin to buy S$ 140 from Chen on two separate occasions between May and June of last year in exchange for Chen no bringing legal action against him for selling sex-enhancing drugs.
In July 2022, Thiru reportedly received S$ 750 in money from Chinese nation Chen Dongliang in exchange for his decision to avoid legal action against him for selling sex medications.
In addition to being accused of conspiring with Thiru, Hafizudin is also charged with breaking the law by stealing unlawful sexual enhancement drugs valued at S$ 106 for his personal use between June and September 2022.
He had been given the medication while working for SPF as a Certis Cisco security agent.
Aris, the fourth former officer, is charged with violating a person’s trust by stealing$ 88 worth of sex drugs before September 13, 2022.
Aris and Hafizudin declared their intention to enter a criminal plea. Chen requested time to seek legal counsel after expressing his” uncertainty” through a Mandarin interpreter.
Singapore adopts” a strict zero-tolerance approach towards problem ,” according to a statement from the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau, which also says that the agency looks into all fraud complaints and information.
A person who is found guilty of a problem offense may be sentenced to five years in prison, fined up to Sulfur$ 100,000, or both.
An perpetrator may receive a fine and up to 15 years in prison for criminally violating confidence.