A Chinese national who was caught for overstaying tried to get out of it by bribing a police officer with sex.

Guo Cheng Cheng, 25, was jailed eight months and fined S$3,000 for the offences.

The unemployed woman caught the attention of the police when she was allegedly involved on an assault on Nov 22 last year on New Bridge Road.

Police officers who arrived on the scene asked Guo for her identification documents. Her social visit pass was found to have expired by more than a year.

Guo was informed by Sergeant Tong Ee Phor that she would be arrested and taken back to the police station.

She then pleaded for her release by telling Sgt Tong she would "do anything for him, including offering her body".

She continued with her pleas all the way to the police station, where she was told she would be arrested for bribery as well.

In her mitigation plea, the court heard that Guo "had no idea what kind of punishment awaited, and at the moment of folly succumbed to such a foolish act".

Guo, whose father is retired and mother a housewife, will return to China after completing her sentence here. Alvina Soh