A particularly belligerent Chinese national has been sentenced to 12 weeks of jail for helping a compatriot obtain a fake degree.
Permanent resident Dong Gui Tian had supplied a forged degree in economic science for $3,000 to Li Yang Yang back in 2009, reports The Straits Times. Li had already pleaded guilty in 2012 for providing false data to the Manpower Ministry in her employment pass application, and served a four-week stint in jail.
Li however fingered Dong as the agent behind the fake certificate.
The man denied all her allegations and even claimed that the investigating officer sought $5,000 in bribes from him in 2010.
The claim was dismissed after Dong did not offer evidence to support his statement. The judge also noted that Li had no reason to falsely implicate Dong as well.
Dong was also declared to have shown no remorse by being particularly aggressive in court, violently banging against the witness dock and damaging court property by breaking the metal latches which secured the dock.
Prosecutors also called for a deterrent jail term, highlighting Dong’s past convictions for cheating and helping to employ a foreign worker illegally.
Not surprisingly, Dong is appealing against the 12-week jail term and conviction.
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