SINGAPORE: An employee of the National Environment Agency (NEA) was charged with corruption on Monday (Nov 10) for allegedly taking bribes from people linked to companies providing funeral or cemetery-related work.
Abdul Salam Jahabar Sadiq, a 47-year-old Indian national and Singapore permanent resident, was a verification officer in NEA’s burial operations section.
Between 2022 and 2023, he allegedly obtained bribes in the form of loans totalling about S$21,000 (US$16,000) from 10 individuals whose companies provide funeral-related services or cemetery-related works.
“The bribes were an inducement to refrain from reporting any malpractices committed by the 10 said individuals,” Â the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) said in a media release on Monday.Â
