Manpower Ministry officer buys $6k gold ring with credit card he found

Seah Guo Rong was sentenced to eight months’ jail on Thursday after pleading guilty to two counts of cheating. - ST FILE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): After finding a credit card on the ground, an officer with the Ministry of Manpower took urgent half-day leave and used the card to buy a gold ring worth more than S$6,000 and spent another $20 on topping up his ez-link card.

Seah Guo Rong, 36, was sentenced to eight months’ jail on Thursday (Oct 20) after pleading guilty to two counts of cheating.