by Elena Chong
THE boss of a landscape company was charged in court on Thursday
with four counts of corruption involving a total $34,000.
Tan Kok Keong, 39, managing director of Kok Keong Landscape
(KKL), allegedly gave bribes amounting to $4,000 to Ms Victorine
Noella Wijeysingha, a landscape resident technical officer, between
November 2008 and March last year to be lenient in her supervision
of work done and to help the company avoid any delay in completing
its work.
KKL was the landscape subcontractor of the Orchard Road mall
enhancement works project initiated by the Singapore Tourism Board.
Ms Wijeysingha was the officer acting for STB in the mall
project.
Tan is also accused of corruptly offering $30,000 to her in
February last year to advance his company's business interest by
recommending to one Sumina of SCDA Architect to award Nassim Park's
landscape works contract to KKL.
His case was adjourned for a week for him to get a lawyer.
If convicted, he faces a fine of up to $100,000 and/or a jail
term of up to five years on each charge.
