An Indian-origin former Singaporean jail officer has been sentenced to over three years in jail for searching for bribes, amounting to SG$133,000 for transferring an inmate out of his jail cluster.
Kobi Krishna Ayavoo, 57, a retired senior chief warder, was discovered responsible of eight expenses beneath the Prevention of Corruption Act, as reported by The Straits Times newspaper.
Additionally, he was convicted of inciting his colleagues to entry the jail system to view the inmate’s data in July 2017, leading to his suspension.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Magdalene Huang revealed that Kobi had tried to acquire a bribe from an inmate, Chong Keng Chye, on eight separate events between September 2015 and March 2016. The inmate needed to be relocated from a piece referred to as Cluster A1 in Changi Prison.
The prosecutor mentioned: “There was no way (Chong) could have known about the accused’s financial problems or obtained the mobile phone and bank account numbers unless the accused had told him; and there was no other reason for the accused to have given him the information except that he wanted bribes.”
Chong, serving a 20-year preventive detention sentence since 2005 for abusing his girlfriend’s seven-year-old son, desired a switch out of a cluster in Changi Prison.
Although Kobi tried to safe between SG$3,000 and SG$42,000 from Chong, he by no means acquired any cash.
It was disclosed in court docket that Chong recognised Kobi’s lack of authority to help him and due to this fact didn’t adjust to the requests for bribes.
Kobi denied the accusations, stating that he by no means requested cash from Chong throughout any of the eight situations. He defined that he solely spoke to Chong throughout yard time when different inmates have been close by.
Published By:
Girish Kumar Anshul
Published On:
Feb 23, 2024
Source: www.indiatoday.in
