Singapore: Lawyer charged with forgery was police officer at the time alleged offences were committed

Willjude Vimalraj Raymond Suras’ alleged forgeries concerned 38 documents across 21 investigation papers.

A lawyer, charged on Tuesday (June 21) with multiple counts of forgery, was an officer from the Singapore Police Force (SPF) when he allegedly committed the offences.

Willjude Vimalraj Raymond Suras’ alleged forgeries concerned 38 documents across 21 investigation papers.

They are said to involve concluded criminal proceedings, coroner’s matters and criminal cases which did not give rise to prosecution.

Willjude, now 31, resigned from the force on April 20, 2019, before the completion of police investigation into the alleged forgeries and became a lawyer after that.

A search on the Ministry of Law’s website reveals that he is a legal counsel at a firm called Advance Law.

Willjude, who was handed 38 forgery charges on Tuesday, is accused of committing the offences in 2018 and 2019.

According to court documents, he allegedly committed the bulk of the offences at Woodlands Police Division in Woodlands Street 12.

He is also accused of one count of intentionally giving false evidence during a judicial proceeding on Dec 22, 2020.

He is said to have made a false statement in his affidavit for admission to the Singapore Bar, that he was not the subject of any pending investigations here.

Source:  https://www.singaporelawwatch.sg/Headlines/Lawyer-charged-with-forgery-was-police-officer-at-the-time-alleged-offences-were-committed