Nearly three years’ jail for Singapore immigration officer who received sex and cash in bribes from foreign sex worker

Teo Hwee Peng, who worked for ICA’s Intelligence Operations Branch, has been suspended from duties since Nov 25, 2020. - ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A Singapore Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officer who committed graft by receiving sex and cash from a foreign sex worker was sentenced to two years and nine months’ jail on Monday.

Teo Hwee Peng, 49, was also ordered to pay a penalty of over $2,600 linked to the amounts he had received – more than $2,000 and 7,188.88 yuan (S$1,350) – from Chinese national Liang Qinglan.