The Singapore XXX Files
Richard L. Cassin | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 7:22AM 
Tropical Singapore is experiencing an outbreak of a different sort -- sex and corruption scandals.
Last week, according to Bloomberg's Andrea Tan, an associate professor at the National University of Singapore was charged with corruption 'for allegedly trading better grades for sex with a female student.' The student also allegedly gave the prof a Mont Blanc pen, two tailored shirts, and an iPod Touch.
And a month ago, Tan said, the former director of Singapore's anti-drug agency and former Civil Defence Force chief was charged with accepting sexual favors from female executives at vendor companies.
Another case involves 51 men accused of having sex with an underage prostitute, Tan said. Three more men were charged last week.
Last year squeaky-clean Singapore fell from the top spot to fifth on TI's corruption perception index.
In November, two mid-level bureaucrats from the Singapore Land Authority were given 22 and 15-year jail sentences for skimming about $10 million in government funds. They were caught after buying apartments and cars, including a $1.25 million special-edition Lamborghini Murcielago and a Ferrari F430.
Andrea Tan's full report is here.
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