Chan Chun Sing on CPIB efforts in keeping Singapore corruption-free amid COVID-19 pandemic Singapore
10 May 2021 12:00PM (Updated:
10 May 2021 08:04PM)
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of digital transformation in the fight against corruption. Some of the initiatives by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) on this front have minimised disruptions and service delivery. Minister-in-charge of the Public Service Chan Chun Sing said this in Parliament on Monday (May 10), in reply to an MP s questions. He said CPIB has rigorous asset recovery efforts for corruption cases. In 2018, 2019 and 2020, the total value of forfeitures was about S$2.4 million, S$3.8 million and S$2.2 million respectively.
Daewoo director, project manager plead guilty to bribing former LTA deputy group director Toggle share menu
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Daewoo director, project manager plead guilty to bribing former LTA deputy group director
Ro Sungyoung (left) and Kim Young-gyu (right) walk out of the State Courts on Jul 24, 2020. (Photo: Jeremy Long)
07 May 2021 04:00PM) Share this content
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SINGAPORE: A director and a project manager at an engineering and construction firm pleaded guilty on Friday (May 7) to giving S$50,000 in bribes to a deputy group director with the Land Transport Authority (LTA) who oversaw a project they were hired for.
Kim Young-Gyu, a 52-year-old director of Daewoo Engineering and Construction, and Ro Sungyoung, a 49-year-old project manager of the same firm, pleaded guilty to a charge each of conspiring to bribe the LTA s Henry Foo Yung Thye with S$30,000. Each man will have a second charge involving another S$20,000 taken into considera
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30 Apr 2021 10:40AM) Share this content
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SINGAPORE: Two men were charged in court on Friday (Apr 30) for allegedly cheating a director of JCL Facility Services by inducing him into believing that he was making wage payments totalling S$150,490 between 2017 and 2019.
The payments were made for salaries for cleaners who purportedly worked at Kampung Admiralty and Admiralty Place when in fact they did not, said the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) in a press release.
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The bureau identified the pair as 38-year-old Mohamad Nazrie Rabuan and Mohammad Yazid Taib, 50. Nazrie was a technical executive at UEMS Solutions, while Yazid worked as a cleaning supervisor at Theng Liang Lee Services during the time of the offences.
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27 Apr 2021 11:50AM) Share this content
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SINGAPORE: Two men were charged on Tuesday (Apr 27) with conspiring to cheat the Land Transport Authority (LTA), said the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB).
Loh Yeok Lum, 66, and Chua Cheng Kang, 64, had allegedly engaged in a conspiracy to cheat the LTA on 21 occasions between October 2010 and April 2012.
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The conspiracy involved the men cheating the LTA into issuing registration approval codes for Sin Trans Engineering trailers.
Both men were drivers of the company at the time of the offences.