45 new charges for ex-SLA duo
THE pair of former Singapore Land Authority (SLA) officials
accused of defrauding the Government of $11.8 million each had 45
fresh cheating charges heaped on them on Tuesday.
With these latest charges, former deputy director Koh Seah Wee
and manager Lim Chai Meng now face 294 and 305 charges
respectively, edging the alleged fraud amount up to $12.1
million.
The 45 new charges each faces are tied to their alleged dealings
with Ribbons and Rolls Marketing Services (R&R), which provides
information technology supplies and networking solutions for
corporate clients.
The pair are said to have deceived the SLA into believing that
their department - the technology and infrastructure department -
required products and services from R&R, when they knew the
transactions were never intended to result in work being done, or
products being delivered. Altogether, the SLA is said to have paid
about $297,000 to R&R, in sums ranging from $790 to $63,850,
between November 2007 and September last year.
Koh, 40, and Lim, 37, are accused of conspiring with R&R
director Anthony Xavier Foo Doon Tong, 42, to cheat the SLA. Mr Foo
has not been charged.
No fresh charges were filed against co-accused Ho Yen Teck, 31,
a former swimming instructor whose 195 charges involve $9.8
million.
-- ST
