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SINGAPORE: A former senior immigration officer will spend one year in jail for helping foreigners to extend their social visit passes through a U-turn scheme.
Mah Chin Phock admitted to taking bribes of more than S$1,500 to help an accomplice with the U-turn scheme, in which female Chinese nationals would re-enter Singapore from Malaysia.
Whenever he was on duty, Mah would send coded SMSes to his accomplice, who would then inform the foreigners to queue up at Mah's booth. Mah would then be lenient in letting the foreigners back into Singapore.
Besides being jailed, Mah was ordered by the court on Tuesday to pay a penalty equivalent to the bribes he received.
- CNA/sc
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