A 70-year old Indian origin Singaporean on Monday sentenced to four months' jail and fined SGD900 after pleading guilty to one charge of corruption, that was accepting six free trips between Singapore and neighbouring Johor state of Malaysia in exchange for furthering the business interests of a sub-contractor of the National Parks Board (NParks). Teva Raj Palanisamy, a former senior director at the NParks, obtained bribes in the form of six free trips between Singapore and Johor between August 2018 and March 2020, making the trips on personal matters, such as to attend a function and a dinner party, as well as visits to a law firm in Johor, the Channel News Asia reported. At the time of the offences, Teva was a senior director of NParks' Municipal Landscapes Division, which manages and maintains the greenery on government land.