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    Staff not involved in CPIB probe: ST Electronics

    By Yahoo! Newsroom | Yahoo! Newsroom – Thu, Jan 26, 2012

    UPDATED (26 Jan, 6pm to include statement from ST Electronics)

    Singapore Technologies Electronics (ST Electronics) said on Thursday that none of its staff has been called up by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) to assist with investigations relating to the probe of two former top civil servants.

    The CPIB confirmed on Wednesday that the ex-chiefs of the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) were both arrested under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

    CNB director Ng Boon Gay was arrested last month while SCDF chief Peter Lim Sin Pang was arrested on 4 Jan this year.

    Recent reports revealed that both parties have been linked to a certain female IT executive at a company that supplies IT-related products and services to government offices.

    According to The Straits Times, both Lim and Ng, who did not know of each other's dealings with the woman, have admitted that they had improper relationships with her.

    The focus was earlier turned to ST Electronics after one report speculated that the woman in question was a staff of the firm.

    The IT provider has since stepped up to clarify that “none of ST Electronics’ executives has been called up by the CPIB to assist with investigation referred to in The New Paper’s report.”

    The identity of the female IT executive remains unknown.

    When contacted by Yahoo! Singapore, CPIB said it is “unable to provide further details on the cases” as investigations are still ongoing.

    Lim and Ng are currently out on bail and assisting in separate investigations.

    According to Channel NewsAsia, their cases are said to be related to tenders awarded to the company.

    The news comes the latest twist into what is fast developing into a high-profile investigation of both men.

    On Tuesday, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in a statement that the duo had been suspended for “serious personal misconduct” and that an internal probe had been underway since end December for Ng and earlier this month for Lim.

    This was after Chinese daily Lianhe Wanbao first reported that Lim had been suspended and Ng questioned by the CPIB earlier on Tuesday.
     
    Although the MHA did not disclose more details about the probe, TNP reported the involvement of a female IT executive who had developed “a close working relationship” with both men. The woman is also assisting in the investigation, which was launched following an internal audit.

    In a separate statement on Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs and Minister-in-charge of the Civil Service Teo Chee Hean underscored that the government takes a serious view of public officers who misconduct themselves.

    "Any allegations of misconduct made against public officers will be investigated fully and thoroughly. We will be fair to officers who are the subject of allegations, establish the facts and follow due process, acting in accordance with civil service disciplinary processes and the law. If officers are found to have abused the trust placed in them, we will not hesitate to take firm and decisive action against them," Teo said.

    Both former leaders’ duties have been covered by their respective deputies.

    Eric Yap Wee Teck, 43, who is currently the senior director of emergency services at SCDF, will be its new commissioner while 49-year-old Ng Ser Song – presently director of the police intelligence department – will assume the post of director at CNB.

    Both appointments will be in effect from 1 February to ensure leadership continuity of both organisations, MHA said.

    Lim began his career in SCDF in 1987, holding the rank of engineering service officer. He was invited to join the Civil Defence Senior Officer Scheme in 1992 and rose up the ranks to be appointed as head of SCDF in May 2009, taking over the reins from former commissioner James Tan. He was also the first director of the Civil Defence Academy in 1998.

    Ng, a former local merit scholarship recipient, first joined the Singapore Police Force in 1991. In his 19-year career with the SPF during which he rose to the rank of Senior Assistant Commissioner, he has held amongst others, key appointments as Commander Tanglin Police Division and Director Manpower Department.

    He was appointed director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in April 2008 and became director of CNB in January last year.

    -- With additional reporting by Elena Torrijos    , Fann Sim and Kai Fong

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    • zorro
      zorro  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      Its time for CPIB to check on ICA. MOE. MINDEF .MOF.MOH.MOM.MND.MTI, LTA
      • Hafiz
        Hafiz 4 months ago
        dont forget LHL office..
      • Anon
        Anon 4 months ago
        Also, Temasek Holdings, GIC, Ho Jinx, the 36 p/c President...
      • A Yahoo! User 4 months ago
        And town councils!!
    • Joel Low
      Joel Low  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      Now LKY and LHL has slapped their own face and proven wrong in their so-called high pay no corruption. Who knows how many of the high pay ministers and MPs are clean? Who can check on them? How to check on them?
      • richard
        richard 4 months ago
        Its early to speculate if money is involved. May be they slipped and fell into the hole.
      • MrSingapore
        MrSingapore 4 months ago
        I never believed them in the first place.
      • *-*
        *-* 4 months ago
        Richard....do you mean 'black hole?'.....pls specify....
    • BeoW
      BeoW  •  4 months ago
      If they REALLY wanted to prevent corruption, then reveal the identity of the female too...and then JAIL her. Then the message to everyone will be clear. Those who are corrupted AND those doing the corrupting are equally guilty and will be punished severely. By keeping her identity secret, the law & the media is only promoting more corruption. It takes 2 hands to clap. All THREE parties must be jailed equally.
      • True Sporean
        True Sporean 4 months ago
        We are still waiting eagerly for her identity to be revealed. Any insiders with info ?
      • mac12
        mac12 4 months ago
        It's true that her identity should be revealed as due procedure of law proper where the accuser which in this case assumed to be her, and accused would be named otherwise where's the case. If her identity is not revealed then in future people can accused others while hiding behind a veil of secrecy and that is unfair to the accused as no one in public can assess if they are indeed as guilty as charged...unless the case involved a child beneath the age of consent, it should have the plaintiff's identity revealed, which it is as relevant to this case. Otherwise the public will have doubts about the entire affair as there seemed to be no transparency in sight.....
      • *-*
        *-* 4 months ago
        The insider's info is the Woman with a huge chest and long hair, wears a G-string and is damn smart also....!!
    • Kit
      Kit  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      seeing so many so called "social vist pass" being issued to young single ladies from all over the world and most coming for "holidays", perhaps we can also probe a little further on issuing these social visit passes to those who are obviously has no intention to "pay" us a long visit over this small little island huh? shall we?
      • Jack
        Jack 4 months ago
        sad story
      • YCW
        YCW 4 months ago
        Too many of them loistering around KTVs and PUBs in the evening wearing fancy dresses!
      • sigma905
        sigma905 4 months ago
        ICA is probably the most corrupted stat board in Singapore. Almost all seasoned pimps know who to see at ICA to get their girls extended stays. There were cases of ICA officers at checkpoints who were caught for corruption.
    • Dio
      Dio  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      One after another civil servant suspended and investigated for corruption.Give them high salary but still not enough!! Harghhh puiiiii......
      • LK-Y
        LK-Y 4 months ago
        The salaries they get is not high enough therefore the have to resort to corruption.
        The higher they get paid, the more they want. To them higher is not enough, they want higher and there is no end tto this higher salary.
      • Aizen
        Aizen 4 months ago
        If that is the case, the govt should pay their ppl on par with what supposedly 1st world western nations are paying to their civil service.
      • A Yahoo! User 4 months ago
        The grievious mistake is for PAPies to reject the Institutions that pass on sound values to its people. Now we have fewer and fewer such people who will do things for the love of people and nation. Just about every one gets into the habit and nature to ask and act on what is there in it for me? Well done PAPies for your negative reculture of Singaporeans. Now we all can act and learn to be mercenaries.
    • Armorboot
      Armorboot  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      Ha!!!!???? So what if we Singaporeans tolerate the high pay for those "talented" people????? In the end, they also corrupt what. Once again, another incident showing the failure of the "high pay concept", in contrast, high pay also has the risk of grooming greediness.
    • gila babi
      gila babi  •  4 months ago
      see! the govt sector is corrupted from the ruling party to its service departments! All our tax payers' money had gone into the wrong hands! Its time to stop these corruption by electing opposition parties to check on them, much like the co-driver oversee that the driver don't drive into the wrong road. 1st the corrupted SMRT CEO, now the civil services!
    • sotong
      sotong  •  4 months ago
      why never c low pay civil service officer involve in corruption case ?
      Low pay = do all the front line , ground work, hard work = performance bonus 1.75 mths.
      High pay = give order , sit in air-con rm = performance bonus 10 - 13 mths.
      fair ????????
    • Unavoidable ©
      Unavoidable ©  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      CPIB, please check on our Ministers. Most of them are also holding multiple positions in the private sector. Including those who are appointed as "silent directors". I am ok with their million dollar salary but not those with abuse their powers and cheated the government money for personal gains.
    • beggardog
      beggardog  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      another incidents to show high pay doesn't mean less corruption in a materialistic society. money in this kind of society is always not enough, or else why the super rich still go after wealth when they already had more than enough. so the govt must understand it's not the pay or whatever it is, it 's the life of citizens that musht be well taken care of
    • Imiar
      Imiar  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      1 month suspended already now then the news come out? Lets see all the dirty worms crawl out from this can they call the most efficient and cleanest govt in the world.
    • Senter
      Senter  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      .......an Indonesian couple once told me........ corruptions in Indonesia everybody know.....corruption in Spore nobody know.......U dun hear much does not mean they r clean
    • Andy
      Andy  •  4 months ago
      wonder what DPM Teo got said this time?
    • Jonn
      Jonn  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      Moral of the story: Every Singapore top gun is corrupted......... until proven otherwise?
    • reveal
      reveal  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      we think it is about time that the government re-considers giving extreme high salaries and its process of awarding scholarships. It appears that the methods that the government are using has proven to be wrong because the more money the government and public officers get the more they want.
    • zorro
      zorro  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      Tanjung Pagar GRC MP Lee Kuan Yew once said that all you need is a dose of bad government, and our wives and daughters will end up working as maids for a living. So what happened that resulted in high flying civil servants being nabbed by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB)?
    • NGO
      NGO  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      If the allegations made against both of them are true then I think someone high up in MHA should step forward and apologize.

      It's not your fault but you have failed in your role to ensure the discipline and moral integrity of your men.
    • Better than WWF
      Better than WWF  •  4 months ago
      OMG please don't tell me that corruption involving GLC and civil services????

      WTFxxx is going on!!!

      We demand answer!
    • RAPIDaMoK
      RAPIDaMoK  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      ICA should be check next!!!!!!!!!
    • repairwork
      repairwork  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      who is their boss... they are responsible for them right?
      The boss ought to be sacked too... in private sector this is what happen... civil servant no need to be responsible meh??
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