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SINGAPORE – Seven people linked to Singapore’s shipbuilding company Keppel Fels were charged with multiple corruption-related offenses on Wednesday (October 14) morning.
Alvin Lim Wee Lun, 40, who worked as a yard manager at Keppel Fels, was charged with 46 counts of conspiracy with two other individuals to obtain bribes to further the business interests of multiple subcontractors.
Lim’s co-conspirators allegedly included Rajavikraman Jayapandian, 45, a project manager at industrial manufacturing company Rotary Offshore Solutions, and Goh Ngak Eng, 54, a director of Megamarine Services, which deals with marine engines.
The crimes, which included accepting bribes in exchange for promoting the business interests of three companies, were committed between 2014 and 2017.
It is alleged that the trio worked together to obtain approximately $ 879,900 in bribes from three subcontractors, which they intended to share.
According to court documents, Goh allegedly acted as an intermediary, helping to obtain tips from subcontractors. The money, which was handled by Goh, was allegedly divided among the trio.
Rajavikraman and Goh also face three additional corruption charges each for promoting the business interests of a marine equipment manufacturer with another company in the same line of business.
For helping facilitate these trade deals, Rajavikraman had received a monetary reward of around $ 7,000 from Goh.
Lim, Goh and Rajavikraman will appear in court again on November 11.
Separately, Ong Tun Chai, 48, an associate of Goh, was also indicted on ten counts of corruption for accepting a total of $ 15,100 from Goh as a reward for preparing fictitious invoices on a logistics company letterhead.
It is also alleged that Ong fraudulently forged documents belonging to a logistics company on 20 occasions and handed them over to two subcontractors, to reflect that the subcontractors requested services when they were not.
You must appear in court again on November 4.
Subcontractors who allegedly enlisted the help of Lim, Rajavikraman and Goh to further the business interests of their companies on several occasions were also indicted and charged with multiple corruption-related crimes on Wednesday.
This included U Keh Choon, 50, director of the marine equipment company Titan Offshore Equipment; Goh Sheng Li Stanley, 33, a director of industrial supplies firm Spectrama Marine and Industrial Supplies; and Fatkullah Tiap, 59, managing director of consulting and engineering firm Growa.
U was charged with seven corruption-related crimes for allegedly giving bribes worth $ 196,700 to the trio.
Goh Sheng Li Stanley was charged with 21 counts of corruptly giving bribes, worth approximately $ 190,900, while Fatkullah was charged with 18 counts of corruptly giving gratuities worth approximately $ 492,300.
U and Fatkullah will appear in court on November 11 and Goh Sheng Li Stanley on November 13.
“Singapore takes a strict zero-tolerance approach to corruption,” the CPIB said in a statement on Wednesday.
“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 $ 100,000, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
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