India, Sept. 11 -- An Indian-origin Singapore immigration officer was on Thursday sentenced to 22 months in jail for obtaining sexual favours from applicants.

The officer allegedly asked for sexual favours in exchange for helping people get visit passes, PTI news agency quoted a media report in Singapore as saying.

The officer, identified as Kannan Morice Rajagopal Jayaram, was an inspector with the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), and was charged with corruptly obtaining gratification in the form of sexual acts in exchange for helping people with short-term visit applications.

The prosecution alleged that the accused had exploited "young foreigners", PTI quoted Channel News Asia.

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