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A man from China who was denied entry at Woodlands Checkpoint allegedly tried to bribe his way into the country.<\/p>\n
Lin Zekun, 34, purportedly offered $200 to an Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officer at the checkpoint on May 18.<\/p>\n
At the State Courts on Thursday (June 11), Lin was charged with one count of offering a bribe under the Prevention of Corruption Act.<\/p>\n
If found guilty, he faces a fine of up to $100,000 and\/or up to five years’ jail.<\/p>\n
In a statement on Wednesday, the Corrupt Practices Investigative Bureau (CPIB) said ICA Inspector Goh Hee Chuah rejected the bribe and referred the case to the anti-graft agency.<\/p>\n
CPIB reiterated that Singapore adopts “a strict zero-tolerance approach towards corruption”.<\/p>\n
The bureau said it looks into all corruption related complaints and reports, including anonymous ones.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Members of the public may lodge an online complaint at www.cpib.gov.sg\/e-services\/e-complaint-for-corrupt-conduct<\/a>, via email at report@cpib.gov.sg<\/a>, via phone call at 1800-376-0000, or by writing in to the CPIB Headquarters at 2 Lengkok Bahru, Singapore 159047.<\/p>\n Reports should include the following information where possible: Where, when and how the alleged corrupt act happened; who was involved and what were their roles; and what was the bribe given and the favour shown.<\/p>\n Under the law, the identity of the complainant is protected, unless the person makes a false statement in their report. Complainants may choose to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n [[nid:735773]]<\/p>\n daoen.wong@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A man from China who was denied entry at Woodlands Checkpoint allegedly tried to bribe his way into the country. Lin Zekun, 34, purportedly offered…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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