By Elena Chong

A SENIOR Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officer was charged on Thursday with accepting a total of $140,000 to grant extension of social visit passes to China and Vietnam nationals.

Dong Ching Jit, 54, an ICA deputy superintendent, was doing the duties of a manager, Customer Services (Social Visit Pass) Unit of Visitor Services Centre when he allegedly took bribes from one Edmund Hoon Wai Kein between Dec 2004 and Apr 2005.

He has been suspended from his duties since March last year.

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