An Indian-origin man in Singapore has been sentenced to nine months’ jail for posing as a prison officer and sending e-mails to President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and other public officials in a bid to seek help over his previous convictions.
Prakash Paramasivam, 25, pleaded guilty to three counts of pretending to be a public servant and admitted to a separate charge of using a forged medical certificate as genuine. He was sentenced on February 16, reported The Strait Times.
