SINGAPORE, July 3 -- A suspended traffic police officer has been jailed for 16 months after using government systems to help a friend identify a police informant, leading to threats against the woman.

According to CNA, the officer, 29-year-old Shivasuria Maniam Kesaval, accessed Ministry of Home Affairs databases without authorisation after his friend, 25-year-old Brayden Ong Ying Shan, was arrested for driving without a licence. Ong suspected his ex-girlfriend had tipped off the police and asked Shivasuria to confirm it.

Shivasuria's searches revealed that the woman had filed the report. Ong later confronted her, saying he would murder whoever had reported him.

At trial, both men represented themselves and denied the offences. Shivasu...