A former employee of a luxury hotel was fined on Friday and
ordered to pay a penalty for taking bribes in the form of loans
from a taxi driver. In return, he assigned hotel guests to the
driver’s taxi.
Narayanasamy P. Annamalai, 46, a former bell captain with The
Fullerton Hotel Singapore, was fined $20,000. He was also ordered
to pay a penalty of $13,100, this being the amount he took in the
11 charges of corruption. He had pleaded guilty to getting loans of
between $300 and $2,000 from cabby Yip Kiam Bin in 2006 and
2008.
As he did not pay the fine and penalty, he will serve a 33-week
jail term in default.
Another two former bell captains of the hotel were dealt with in
August 2011.
