S’pore man, 46, tried to bribe parking attendant with S$10 after parking on double yellow lines and was jailed – Mothership.SG

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The guard called the police.

After receiving a ticket for parking his company vehicle on double yellow lines, a Singapore man tried to bribe the guard for S$10 to avoid the fine.

Guo Chuankai, 46, offered to give the guard money to “drink tea” and after he refused several times, he placed a S$10 note on his motorbike’s speedometer.

The guard did not take the money and instead called the police.

Parked illegally on double yellow lines

Court documents indicate that Guo, a Chinese national, was driving his company vehicle on April 4, 2023.

Needing to borrow money from his friend, Guo parked it near a construction site and got out of his vehicle.

Vikneswaran Kumaran (Viknes), a parking attendant with Certis Cisco Protection Services, was on duty when he found Guo’s vehicle illegally parked on double yellow lines.

Location details were not disclosed in court documents.

Viknes took a photo of the vehicle for recording purposes and printed a parking ticket.

Guo returned to Viknes who was trying to put the ticket on his vehicle, so he begged him in Mandarin not to issue the ticket.

When Viknes told him the parking summons had already been issued, Guo asked how much the fine was and was told it was S$70.

I tried to bribe the parking attendant for S$10 to avoid a fine.

Guo then offered to give Viknes money to “drink tea”, hoping that he would not issue the ticket, but Viknes refused.

At one point, Guo said to Viknes in a mixture of English and Mandarin: “Less money, can you? I’ll buy you some tea.” Viknes refused again.

After realizing that Guo would not accept the ticket, Viknes decided to leave the scene, inform a duty manager of the incident and file a report.

Court documents state that before Viknes left, Guo opened his wallet, took out a S$10 note and corruptly offered a gratification to Viknes to refrain from taking coercive action against him. against.

When Viknes rejected this proposal, Guo wrote the S$10 on the speedometer of the guard’s motorcycle.

In response, Viknes called his superior for advice and was told to call the police, which he did.

The case was referred by police to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) the next day.

Pleaded guilty, sentenced to 3 weeks in prison

Guo pleaded guilty to a corruption charge on October 4, according to The Strait Era.

The prosecution asked for a prison sentence of four to six weeks, saying he tried to bribe Viknes three times.

The judge sentenced Guo to three weeks in prison.

Top image from Canva / by Daniel Seow