Tan Kia Gan : Minister for National Development
Tan Kia Gan, then Minister for National Development, was
investigated in August 1966 for attempting to help his close
businessman friend Lim Tjin Hauw and his son William Lim to clinch
the sale of Boeing aircraft to Malaysian Airways. He also acted as
an intermediary for his brother-in-law in the sale of a tin mine to
Lim. For this, he was given 70,000 shares worth $1 each. As the
witnesses did not want to implicate him, Tan Kia Gan was
administratively stripped of all his public appointments by the
Government.
Wee Toon Boon : Minister of State for Environment
Wee Toon Boon, then Minster of State for Environment, was charged
for corruption involving $839,023 in April 1975. Investigation
revealed that Wee was involved with a developer Lauw Tjin Ho, then
Chairman of Lauw and Sons Pte Ltd. He used his ministerial status
to make representation to civil servants on behalf of Lauw. In
return, he was rewarded with a bunglow, worth $532,000, galvanised
roofing for his home worth $3,500, free air tickets for him and his
family to Indonesia and bank overdrafts totalling $300,000 to
speculate in shares. He was convicted and sentenced to 4 1/2 years'
imprisonment and ordered to pay a penalty of $7,023. His jail
sentence was reduced to 18 months after he successfully appealed
against one of the 5 charges.
Teh Cheang Wan : Minister for National Development
Teh Cheang Wan, then Minister for National Development, was
investigated in 1986 for accepting 2 bribes totalling $1 million
from Hock Tat Development Pte Ltd and Ho Yeow Koon of Keck Seng Pte
Ltd in 1981 and 1982 respectively. Hock Tat Development had paid
Teh a gratification of $500,000 after he helped the company to
retain a piece of land that was earmarked for acquisition by the
Government. Ho Yeow Koon had also given a gratification of $500,000
to Teh for helping to buy over a piece of State land for private
development. Teh committed suicide before he could be formally
charged in court. He maintained till the end that he was
innocent.
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Choy Hon Tim : the largest total bribe amount in CPIB's
history
Choy Hon Tim, the former Director of the Electricity Department as
well as the Deputy Chief Executive (Operations) of the Public
Utilities Board (PUB) may not be the most senior public officer
investigated by the Bureau, but his case involved the largest
amount of bribes uncovered. He was investigated in 1995 following
allegations that he had received kickbacks in return for awarding
contracts to suppliers and contractors of PUB when he was a Chief
Electrical Engineer of PUB. Choy was subsequently charged for
obtaining gratifications totalling $13.85 million. He was convicted
and sentenced to 14 years' jail term and the $13.85 million bribe
obtained by him was forfeited to the State.
Yeo Seng Teck : Trade Development Board Chief
Yeo Seng Teck, then Chief Executive Officer of Trade Development
Board was investigated in 1993 for cheating offences dating back to
1988. Investigation revealed that he had used forged document to
cheat his principals (in this case, the organisations he was
working for) involving the purchase of Chinese antiques worth about
$2 million. He was subsequently charged and convicted for cheating
offences and sentenced to 4 years' imprisonment.
Lim How Seng : Director of Singapore History Museum
Lim How Seng was charged for corruptly receiving two loans of
$20,000 each from a private vendor named 3G Studio. In return, Lim
recommended a contract for the production of a new 3-dimensional
show at the museum to be awarded to 3G Studio. He was sentenced to
3 month's imprisonment and ordered to pay a $20,000 penalty.
Andrew Goh Keng Guan : Assistant Head, Talent Group, Economic
Development Board.
Andrew Goh, the Assistant Head of Talent Group took bribes
totalling $380,000 from seven Chinese nationals between February
1999 and June 2001. In return, he helped the 7 Chinese nationals by
processing their application for permanent residency in Singapore.
Andrew was sentenced to 26 months' imprisonment and the money he
took from the seven Chinese nationals was forfeited.
Ong Beng Leong : Commanding Officer of Training Resources
Management Centre
Ong Beng Leong, a Lieutenant Colonel in the SAF, was the Commanding
Officer of Training Resource Management Centre (TRMC) from 1st
April 1999 to 14th December 2001. During this period, he knowingly
accepted fictitious quotes submitted to him by the sole-proprietor
of Sin Hiaptat Construction. According to financial procedures, he
should have sourced for quotations from other contractors. Ong had
then gone on to award contracts to the Sin Hiaptat Construction. He
was later charged and convicted for using false documents to
deceive his principal (i.e. his employer in this case), an offence
under section 6(c) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, Cap 241. He
was sentenced to 1.5 months' imprisonment.
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