Five Singaporeans are wanted by Interpol for serious crimes committed in Singapore.
They have been on the list for a while now as the crimes were committed some one to two decades ago.
Interpol, which stands for International Criminal Police Organisation, is an international organisation that facilitates police cooperation and crime control among different countries, such as calling for public information on wanted international fugitives.
The five Singaporeans wanted by Interpol appear on the “Red Notice” list.
A Red Notice is a request for law enforcement agencies all over the world to look out for a suspect who’s wanted for prosecution or punishment in a specific country.
MP SPEAKS | Corruption: What we can learn from the Singapore story
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MP SPEAKS | Singapore s reputation as a country clean of corruption is renowned. The republic ranked third in the 2020 Corruption Perception Index. It remains the only Asian country placed in the top 10.
Indeed, Singapore also has good standing in other global indicators, such as the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy s 2019 Report on Corruption in Asia, which ranked Singapore the least corrupt country in the region since 1995.
Responding to Singapore s stellar achievements in its fight against corruption, the country s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) retorted that it only means they have to work harder to ensure incorruptibility remains part of the DNA of every Singaporean.
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Singapore took top spot in Asia, the only Asian country to make it to the top 10.- ST
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore has again made it to the top ranks of the least corrupt countries in the world based on a global survey released annually.
The Republic along with Finland, Switzerland and Sweden scored 85 points each, tying for third place in the 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index released by the global anti-graft movement, Transparency International (TI), on Thursday (Jan 28).
Denmark and New Zealand earned 88 points each to tie for top spot among the 180 countries and territories surveyed.
Singapore took top spot in Asia, and was the only Asian country to make it to the top 10.
Both cases were unrelated and the two Singaporeans were charged with forgery and cheating.
Tan Kok Kiong, 53, who was a professor at NUS Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was charged with 32 counts of forgery and five counts of cheating while Thomas Teh Kok Hiong, 41, who was a research fellow at the university s Department of Biomedical Engineering, faced 22 counts of cheating and five counts of forgery.
In a statement, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) said that Tan allegedly submitted fraudulent claims totalling more than $100,000 to NUS between 2012 and 2019.
The CPIB added: He is alleged to have generated fictitious invoices for the purported purchase of products and services and submitted claims that were either inflated or for expenses that were unrelated to his research grant.