A SENIOR technical officer with the National Environment Agency
(NEA) is on trial for allegedly accepting a total of $128,980 from
a contractor to give him business.
Oh Hian Kee, 47, is accused of pocketing bribes of $3,000 to
$30,000 from Mr Tan Boon Gee, a director of Mincon Engineering,
between May 2006 and August last year.
The prosecution alleges that Oh took the bribes in return for
recommending Mincon to be awarded contracts at Tuas South
Incineration Plant, where he was attached.
Oh, represented by Mr K. Jayakumar Naidu, is saying that the
money was for football bets that the duo had wagered on.
At the start of the trial on Tuesday, Deputy Public Prosecutor
(DPP) Kwek Chin Yong said Oh was attached to the Mechanical
Maintenance Unit (MMU) of the incineration plant at that time.
As one of the two team leaders at MMU, his duties included
planning the schedule for the overhauling of cranes, calling for
quotations for repairs and procurement of equipment.
-- ST