Former police officer charged with 31 counts of corruption

SINGAPORE: An ex-police officer has been charged with 31 counts of corruption.

36-year-old Ong Tat Wei, formerly an ASP with the Police Technology Department, had set up an educational company with a female Chinese national to bring in Chinese students to study in Singapore.

In order to get entry visas for the students, Ong allegedly enlisted his friends to act as sponsors for them.

Separately, Ong and his partner also engaged his friend Lim Seng Khoon to be the licensee of their "Dream Beauty and Spa", according to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB).

It said the couple agreed to pay Lim a monthly sum of S$300 to be the licensee holder of the massage establishment.

Ong was also charged with abetting his partner to offer bribes to Lim and for abetting two others in making false statements to public servants.