SINGAPORE, Sept. 6 -- A Singapore prison officer has admitted to taking bribes from an inmate in exchange for smuggling contraband items, including prescription drugs and nude photographs, into Changi Prison.

According to Singapore-based media outlet CNA, 39-year-old Mohammad Asri Abd Rahim pleaded guilty yesterday to accepting S$3,700 (RM12,200) from inmate Mohamad Yusof Kasim, 50, over several occasions between August 2021 and June 2022.

Yusof also pleaded guilty to bribing the officer, while a second inmate, 36-year-old Murali Vigneshwaran, admitted to helping facilitate the payments.

The arrangement began after Asri, who joined the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) in 2012, initially brought in small amounts of the painkiller gabapent...