Singaporean Jail for 5 years, 8 months for Offering Police Officers a Thousand Dollar Bribe to Allow her to Smoke

Judicial Crackdown

Posted by AI on 2025-08-29 23:22:40 | Last Updated by AI on 2025-08-30 02:25:12

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Radika Rajavarma, 42, has pleaded guilty to multiple offences, including drug consumption and offering a bribe to police officers in 2022. Despite being convicted of methamphetamine consumption and serving a jail term in 2020, Radika was released on bail in June 2022 and placed on a remission order for five years.

However, she was arrested again in July 2023 for drug consumption and offered a thousand-dollar bribe to police officers after her arrest. Radika requested to smoke a cigarette before getting into a police vehicle; however, after being informed that she was not allowed to smoke as she was under police custody, Radika offered the officers a bribe of SGD 1,000. The officers rejected the offer.

A local court has sentenced her to a whopping 5 years, 8 months and 4 weeks jail, and another 256 days behind bars after she breached her remission order.

This sends a clear message to anyone considering offering such bribes: the consequences are serious and far-reaching.

Despite Radika's previous record and history of drug abuse, the severity of her crime has resulted in a prolonged jail sentence, emphasizing the importance of upholding the law and maintaining order in Singapore.

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