Cop gave friend info on woman who reported him, gets jail; friend fled Singapore after conviction
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SINGAPORE — A police officer who unlawfully accessed his workplace computer systems and shared his findings with a friend was sentenced to a year and four months' jail on July 2.Shivasuria Maniam Kesaval, 29, was a Traffic Police (TP) investigation officerCop gave friend info on woman who reported him, gets jail; friend fled Singapore after conviction
SINGAPORE — A police officer who unlawfully accessed his workplace computer systems and shared his findings with a friend was sentenced to a year and four months' jail on July 2.Shivasuria Maniam Kesaval, 29, was a Traffic Police (TP) investigation officer at the time of the offences, and his friend, Brayden Ong Ying Shan, 25, was the subject of a police report.Ong later made a death threat against the woman who had reported him to the authorities.After a trial, Shivasuria was convicted of four counts of misusing a computer system and one count of an offence under the Official Secrets Act (OSA).District Judge Lim Tse Haw also found Ong guilty of criminal intimidation and an offence under the OSA.On July 2, Deputy Public Prosecutor Jeremy Bin told the court that Ong had fled the country by boat on June 2 following his conviction. There is now a warrant of arrest against him.A review on the matter will take place on July 14.In an earlier statement, the police said that Shivasuria was suspended in August 2022. Read more
