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SINGAPORE – A 49-year-old man was sentenced to four weeks in jail on Friday (November 27) for accepting $ 6,000 in bribes while working as a health, environment and safety specialist with Chevron Singapore at its lubricating oil blending plant.
Cheow Hock Mun was also ordered to pay a fine of $ 6,000, for which he will have to serve 20 days in jail.
The permanent resident had previously pleaded guilty on October 9 to two counts of receiving a bribe in exchange for leniency in overseeing work performed by the subcontractor, LGC Engineering and Contractors (LGC), at the plant.
District Judge Edgar Foo considered another similar charge during sentencing.
Court documents indicate that Cheow was in charge of all security matters at the plant, which is located in Jalan Buroh.
He also oversaw the issuance of permits and the training of plant workers.
Cheow accepted the money from Lim Gim Chuan, the managing director of LGC, three times between April and July 2015.
Lim knew that Cheow was the overall safety officer at the plant, and that he had the authority to make things difficult by not approving permits for his workers or by finding flaws in safety issues.
This would eventually cause delays and financial losses for Lim’s company.
Court documents say that sometime in April 2015, Lim asked to meet Cheow in the plant’s dining room, where he offered Cheow $ 2,000 and, in Hokkien, asked for “a helping hand.”
Cheow understood that Lim intended to ensure a “smooth running” of his company’s jobs at the oil plant. Later, Cheow took $ 2,000 from Lim.
Lim gave him a similar amount on two other occasions.
Subsequently, Cheow approved the permits and start of work by Lim’s company without being difficult.
It also helped expedite document approval for Lim’s company and conducted additional training for its workers.
Lim was jailed for 10 weeks in June for various crimes of corruption, including his role in this case.
On Friday, District Judge Foo granted Cheow’s request to postpone his incarceration until November 30, as he is currently recovering from an eye operation.
For each corruption offense, Cheow could have been jailed for up to five years or fined up to $ 100,000, or both.
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