SINGAPORE — A director-general at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) was on Monday (May 20) sentenced to a week in jail for lying to the ministry about his request to use diplomatic bags to courier luxury watches for a friend.
SINGAPORE — A director-general at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was on Monday sentenced to a week in jail for lying to the ministry about his request to use diplomatic bags to courier luxury watches for a friend.New: You can now listen to articles.SINGAPORE — A director-general at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was on Monday sentenced to a week in jail for lying to the ministry about his request to use diplomatic bags to courier luxury watches for a friend.
While she accepted that"no actual harm has resulted" from Oh's false statement, she said the court's enquiry did not end there as it had to consider the potential to cause harm. Oh's requested use of the diplomatic bag service to convey luxury watches without disclosing the true owner and recipient of the package was"not just a gross violation of the diplomatic bag service, but impermissible", she said.
Oh's friend was not actually a diplomat. He had said she was one as he thought that would make his colleague more likely to agree to his request. The matter was referred to the police, and MFA was informed. The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau also started investigations. The falsehood came to light when Oh admitted later that day to CPIB that it was a friend, and not his father, who had asked to transport the luxury watches.
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