SINGAPORE – A former Certis security officer who facilitated 26 cigarette smuggling operations and received $1,572 in bribes was sentenced to 17 months’ jail on April 22.
Muhammad Haaziq Karudin, 34, was also ordered to pay a penalty of $1,572, equivalent to the bribes he received.
He had pleaded guilty on April 14 to one count each of graft and sharing confidential information about his work schedule with another person – an offence under the Official Secrets Act.
Haaziq was the fifth person linked to the case to be dealt with in court.
Three other former Certis officers – Muhammad Khairul Amir Suhaimi, then 25; Sri Daniah Abdul Razak, then 26; and Mohamad Aziffi Selamat, then 32 – were dealt with in court earlier.
Muhammad Sukaimi Gasali, then 34 and a crane operator at the time of the offences, was sentenced in February to four years and seven months’ jail and a fine of $5,000.
In earlier proceedings, the court heard that the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) had contracted Certis to supply security officers to Jurong Port and Tuas Checkpoint.
