Mar 17, 2010
By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent
A FORMER senior police officer arranged for a woman friend to take the rap on behalf of another for beating the red light signal.
Kelvin Choo Yew Beng, 39, admitted on Wednesday to helping Evangeline Tay Su Ann pervert the course of justice in February 2008 by arranging for one Leung Man Kwan to take the rap on behalf of the 21-year-old for running the light.
The former Deputy Superinendent of Police had helped Tay, 21, to pass $1,000 to Leung, 34, who has served her three-month sentence for a similar offence.
Now a property consultant, Choo was then the head of curriculum development and methodology at Criminal Investigation Department.
He quit two years ago after a 13-year career with the Singapore Police Force.
Tay has since been charged with perverting the course of justice and her case is pending. Earlier this year she was fined a total of $1,900 and banned from driving for a year for driving without a valid licence; insurance coverage; and beating the red light signal at the T-junction of Lornie Road and Sime Road on Jan 22, 2008.
The prosecution pressed for a deterrent sentence against Choo, whose sentencing was deferred to March 31. He faces a jail term of up to seven years and/or a fine.
