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SINGAPORE: Seven people were charged with corruption on Wednesday (October 14) in a case linked to Keppel FELS.
Three men at the center of the charges each face 46 counts of complicity. Alvin Lim Wee Lun, Goh Ngak Eng and Rajavikraman Jayapandian are charged with conspiring with each other to corruptly obtain S $ 879,900 in bribes from three subcontractors.
The alleged crimes occurred between 2014 and 2017, according to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Office (CPIB).
Lim was working at the time as a shipyard manager at Keppel FELS, which provides services to the offshore and maritime industries.
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The subcontractors involved are U Keh Choon, director of Titan Offshore Equipment; Stanley Goh Sheng Li, Director of Spectrama Marine & Industrial Supplies; and Fatkullah Tiap, Managing Director of Growa FE.
U faces seven counts of bribery worth S $ 196,700, Stanley Goh has been charged with 21 counts of bribery worth S $ 190,900 and Fatkullah is alleged to have paid 18 bribes worth S $ 492,300.
The bribes were paid through Goh Ngak Eng to further the business interests of the subcontractors’ respective companies with Keppel FELS.
The seventh individual charged was Ong Tun Chai, who received S $ 15,100 from Goh Ngak Eng for falsifying invoices.
Ong was charged with 10 counts of accepting gratuity and 20 counts of falsifying documents that belonged to a logistics company and issuing them to Growa and Titan.
Consequently, Goh Ngak Eng faces 10 counts of giving Ong gratification.
Goh and Rajavikraman are also involved in three illegal transactions worth S $ 7,000 in connection with a manufacturer of marine equipment.
According to the CPIB, Goh Ngak Eng paid the money to Rajavikraman as a “reward” for promoting the business interests of the company.
U is a permanent resident of Singapore, while the rest of the men are Singapore citizens.
Stanley Goh intends to plead guilty and was given a date to do so on November 13. The rest will return to court for more subpoenas next month.
“Singapore takes a strict zero-tolerance approach to corruption,” said CPIB.
“Companies are strongly encouraged to implement robust procedures in areas such as procurement and internal auditing to avoid being victims of corrupt acts by their employees.”
Anyone convicted of a corruption offense can face a fine of up to S $ 100,000 and a prison term of up to five years or both.
