A 37-year-old Indian man was sentenced to eight weeks of jail in Singapore on Monday, September 23, for bribing a compatriot worker at Changi Airport to underreport weight of passenger bags with gold in it for sale in India, being fourth such case this year, according to a media report.

Gopal Krishna Raju, a manr in a food processing company, gave bribe of at least SGD 800 (USD 581) to Patel Hiteshkumar Chandubhai, who worked as a customer service associate for logistics service provider UBTS at airport, between January and October 2016 to under-report weight of bagg with his gold in it, Straits Times reported. Patel's responsibilities at workplace included assisting passengers at boarding gates and check-in counters for Tigerair flights.

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sentencing of compatriot worker

Patel's offense came to light after Singapore Airport Terminals Services conducted an internal investigation following a report published in newspaper on July 13 last year, claiming that a bagg-touting syndicate was operating at Changi Airport. Later, Patel was ordered a jail term of eight weeks and fined SGD 800 in April this year for accepting bribe.

During sentencing of Raju, District Judge John Ng ted that offense h taken place over 10 months and stressed that it is important to protect Changi Airport's reputation. Raju pleed guilty last Friday to corruption charges. He was fourth person to be dealt with in court this year over bribes given to customer service associates at airport. Raju was, however, first offender who h given bribes.  three customer service associates h unlawfully accepted m. Besides Patel, two ors are Singaporean of Indian origin Gerizim Kirubai Raj Dived, 35, and Indian national Ayyurai Karunanithi, 47. Gerizim is a former Sats Asia-Pacific Star employee, while Patel and Ayyurai both worked for logistics service provider UBTS. y were each sentenced in April to between seven and nine weeks' jail, and also ordered to pay between SGD 500 and SGD 800 in penalties.

cases involving Gerizim and Ayyurai were t linked to Raju's matter. Deputy Public Prosecutor David Koh said that Raju would look for passengers - eir his friends or strangers - traveling to Chennai and asked m if y would carry gold to pass to his relatives re, who would n give m a sum of money. Defense lawyer Nirmal Singh h earlier pleed for his client to be given a high fine." amount involved was a paltry sum of SGD 800. under-reporting did t exceed more than 2 kgs on any one occasion and customer service associate h discretion to waive excess lugg weight," Singh said. Offenders convicted of corruption in Singapore can be jailed for up to five years and fined up to SGD 100,000, paper reported.

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