The Online Citizen, 17 Jun 2012I am grateful for the Law Minister’s clarification with regards to why Section 204 of the Penal Code was not the charge used.
However, I hope the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) can clarify why Section 182 of the Penal Code, which was in force at the time of Dr Wu’s offence, was not the charge used.
Section 182 has been used in cases involving the provision of false information to the police in traffic related violations.
In the 2008 case of PP v Poh Chee Hwee, the accused gave false information to the police to help his brother avoid prosecution for a traffic offence. He was charged under Section 182 of the Penal Code, and given 2 weeks imprisonment.
District Judge Liew Thiam Leng also noted in his judgment: “Where false information is given by an accused to the police to evade prosecution, the norm is a custodial sentence of 2 weeks to 4 weeks imprisonment for a first offender”. Full story
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