28-year-old Chinese national Chen Yuan Yuan, was sentenced to 10 weeks imprisonment on 11 August after pleading guilty to offences that include bribery and breaching of Covid-19 rules.
She had tried to bribe a police officer with $100 after being caught being part of an illegal gathering, but the police officer refused to accept her money.
She was caught gathering with 14 other people during a Chinese New Year gathering last year during the restrictions.
She was also convicted of kicking a police officer in a separate offence, and 4 other charges were considered during her sentencing.
What happened?
An illegal party was held on 25 February last year at an industrial unit at 1 Pemimpin Drive at about 2am ad when police officers arrived, they found 15 partygoers aged 26 to 40.
The maximum allowed number of people for social gatherings at the time was 8 pax.
Chen was drinking alcohol with her partygoers and singing songs, playing games, and when the police officers searched her belongings, Chen took out a stack of money and officered it to one of the police officers.
After the police officer refused her offer, she then took out a $100 note and offered it to the officer again and said that she couldn’t take it back.
The officer then told her that it was bribery and she then reported it to her superior.
Chen also kicked two police officers in a separate incident in January last year – the police officers were responding to a report that Chen was being a public nuisance at Tanjong Pagar.
Chen was found by the police on the floor, who asked her to unlock her phone to get in touch with a friend to pick her up.
She gave them the wrong password and got agitated, and kicked one of the officers in the leg repeatedly..
She was then arrested and put in the backseat of a police car but continued to kick another officer’s legs.