>Two traffic policemen have been charged on Thursday with conduct prejudicial to the good order and discipline of the police force.
Aziz Osman, 49, is on 10 charges of prejudicial conduct. In one charge, he is accused of deploying five traffic policemen to form a wedding convoy while on duty.
The station inspector allegedly directed his subordinates to escort the regional manager of Pirelli Asia, Mr John Hooi Tuck Sung, to the Botanic Gardens for his wedding ceremony, and then to falsify records on their patrol log sheets in 2004.
A video, suspected to be that of the traffic police wedding convoy has been circulating on the Internet, according to Shin Min Daily.
The 45-second clip shows uniformed men on motorcycles surrounding a couple on a large motorcycle. Dressed all in black, the couple ride into their outdoor wedding venue to applause.
The men appear to be wearing uniforms similar to those of the traffic police, and turned on their sirens throughout the journey.
If convicted, he can be fined up to $500 and/or jailed up to three months.
Hashim Kamari, 48, is accused of corruptly accepting an $83 discount from Mr Lim Sun Kwang when he bought a Metzeler tyre in June 2004 in return for recommending his Traffic Police Department to buy tyres from JR Pte Ltd.
As he is charged with corruption, he can be fined up to $100,000 and/or jailed up to five years.
Both officers also allegedly went on a junket which included a free air ticket, meals and accommodation for a promotional event of Pirelli's tyres in Taiwan in April 2004.
Hashim has been released on bail of $500 but his passport has been impounded.
Their pre-trial conference will be held on March 12.
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