Three Former Certis Cisco Officers and One Individual Charged

On 3 November 2023, the following four individuals were charged in Court for allegedly committing corruption and criminal breach of trust offences:

a) Thiru Murugan Shanmugam (“Thiru”) (30-year-old male, Malaysian), a former Certis Cisco Auxiliary Police Officer (“APO”) attached to the Singapore Police Force (“SPF”) at the material time;

b) Mohd Aris Bin Jalil (“Aris”) (66-year-old male, Singaporean), a former Certis Cisco APO attached to the SPF at the material time;

c) Mohammad Hafizudin Bin Hanapiah (“Hafizudin”) (30-year-old male, Singaporean), a former Certis Cisco Security Officer (“SO”) attached to the SPF at the material time; and

d) Chen Zixiong (“Zixiong”) (陈梓雄, 30-year-old male, Chinese National).

Corruption offences

2. Between May to June 2022, Thiru had allegedly conspired with Hafizudin on two occasions, to obtain gratification amounting to S$140 from Zixiong as an inducement to refrain from taking law enforcement action against him (Zixiong) for peddling sex enhancement drugs. In July 2022, Thiru had also allegedly on three occasions, obtained from Chen Dongliang, another Chinese National, gratification amounting to S$750 as an inducement to refrain from taking law enforcement action against him (Dongliang) for peddling sex enhancement drugs.

3. For his alleged actions, Thiru faces two amalgamated charges of corruption, punishable under Section 6(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act (“PCA”), of which one charge is read with Section 29(a) of the PCA. Hafizudin faces one amalgamated charge of corruption, punishable under Section 6(a) read with Section 29(a) of the PCA. Correspondingly, Zixiong faces one amalgamated charge of corruption, punishable under Section 6(b) of the PCA.

Criminal breach of trust offences

4. Between June to September 2022, Hafizudin had allegedly committed criminal breach of trust by dishonestly misappropriating seized illegal sex enhancement drugs worth S$106 (which were entrusted to him in his capacity as a Security Officer) for his own use.

5. Similarly, in another occasion before 13 September 2022, Aris had allegedly committed criminal breach of trust by dishonestly misappropriating seized illegal sex enhancement drugs worth S$188 (which were entrusted to him in his capacity as an Auxiliary Police Officer) for his own use.

6. For their alleged actions, Hafizudin and Aris each face one charge of criminal breach of trust, punishable under Section 408 of the Penal Code.

7. Singapore adopts a strict zero-tolerance approach towards corruption. Any person who is convicted of a corruption offence under Section 6 of the Prevention of Corruption Act can be fined up to S$100,000 or sentenced to imprisonment of up to five years or to both.

8. CPIB looks into all corruption-related complaints and reports, including anonymous ones, and can be reached via the following channels:

a) Lodge an e-Complaint;
b) Email us at report@cpib.gov.sg;
c) Call the Duty Officer at 1800-376-0000; or
d) Write to us at the CPIB Headquarters @ 2 Lengkok Bahru, S159047.

9. Where possible, the report should include the following information:

a) Where, when and how did the alleged corrupt act happen?
b) Who was involved and what were their roles?
c) What was the bribe given and the favour shown?

Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau