Police officer accused of receiving sexual favours from suspects in carparks
SINGAPORE — A police officer was charged on Friday (29 November) with obtaining sexual favours from two female suspects who were under investigation.
Staff Sergeant Mahendran Selvarajoo, 31, was charged with two counts of corruptly obtaining sexual gratification from two suspects who were being investigated by the Singapore Police Force (SPF).
Mahendran allegedly received the sexual gratification in exchange for helping one woman avoid criminal prosecution, as well as assisting the other woman’s employer with queries about the investigations.
The police officer also faces charges under the Computer Misuse Act for accessing the photo gallery in a woman’s phone to photograph three of her personal photos, and for modifying the contents of a computer by copying out videos and folders from the laptops of two women to his own storage devices.
He is also accused of possessing 46 videos and 26 photos of an obscene nature in his mobile phone and USB flash driver.
The sexual offences are said to have taken place at two multi-storey car parks in Serangoon Central and Ang Mo Kio Street 51 earlier this year.
Mahendran, who faces a total of seven charges, will return to court on 27 December.
In a statement released on Friday, the SPF said that Mahendran has been interdicted from service since 15 May this year.
After a police report was lodged against him on 30 April, SPF conducted investigations and referred the case to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau on 1 May.
“The police also conducted investigations into the case the officer was handling to scrutinise all related evidence and found that the integrity of the findings was not compromised,” the statement added.
It stated that officers were expected to “uphold the law and maintain the highest standards of conduct and integrity”.
“SPF will deal severely with officers who break the law, including charging them in court.”
If convicted of a corruption offence, Mahendran can be jailed up to five years and/or fined a maximum $100,000.
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