Duo in Ang Mo Kio Town Council corruption case plead not guilty: reports
Two men involved in the high-profile Ang Mo Kio Town Council (AMKTC) corruption case pleaded not guilty on Wednesday (11 April).
According to media reports, former AMKTC general manager Wong Chee Meng, 58, and Chia Sin Lan, 62, were not hit with any fresh charges and a pre-trial conference has been set for 3 May.
Wong, who was charged in March on 55 counts of accepting bribes, is alleged to have received $107,000 in bribes from two individuals: Chia, the director and shareholder of 19-ANC Enterprise Pte Ltd (19-ANC) and 19-NS2 Enterprise Pte Ltd (19-NS2); and Yip Fong Yin, project director of 19-ANC and director and shareholder of 19-NS2.
The sum – which included meals, entertainment, overseas remittances, a mobile phone line and employment for Wong’s daughter-in-law – was supposedly an inducement to advance the business interests of the two companies with AMKTC.
Chia faces 54 charges of offering bribes to Wong, along with one charge of abetment by engaging in a conspiracy with Yip to corruptly give Wong a $13,500 discount on the purchase price of a car. Both men are currently out on bail of $100,000 each.
In December 2016, it was reported that Wong was being probed by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB). Wong, who works for CPG Facilities Management, the managing agent of AMKTC, was asked to go on leave following a complaint filed against him in September 2016. He was removed from his positions at the town council in November that year.
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