A Singapore foreign ministry D-G sentenced to jail for diplomatic bag misuse

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Gilbert Oh Hin Kwan has been on no-pay leave while investigations are ongoing. - PHOTO: ST FILE

SINGAPORE (Bernama): A director-general at Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) was sentenced to a week in jail on Monday for giving false information to a public servant over the use of diplomatic bags to deliver luxury watches from China to Singapore for a friend, Straits Times (ST) reported.

Gilbert Oh Hin Kwan, 45, who pleaded guilty on April 26, will appeal against his sentence. The court earlier rejected recommendations from the prosecution and defence for a fine.