BRIBERY AND CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST (Figures for 1980)
Parliament of Singapore · 6 March 1981 · 5th Parliament
Official Report, 6 March 1981, Vol 40, Issue 6 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
Encik Wan Hussin Zoohri asked the Minister for Home Affairs, for the year 1980, (a) how many persons were convicted on charges of (i) bribery, and (ii) criminal breach of trust; and (b) how many of such persons were professionals from (i) the public sector, and (ii) the private sector.
Mr Chua Sian Chin: Mr Speaker, Sir, from the figures supplied by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau, 44 persons were convicted in court on charges of bribery in 1980. There was no professional from the public sector among them. However, there were three professionals from the private sector - two architects and an engineer.
In the same year, 72 persons were convicted on charges of criminal breach of trust. Again, no professional from the public sector was involved but there were two from the private sector. One was an accountant and the other a lawyer.
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 6 March 1981. Republished on SGParliament.