Former employee of Changi Airport unit charged with taking bribes
SINGAPORE — A former associate director at Changi Airports International (CAI) has been charged for receiving over $215,000 in bribes from an IT company’s director.
James Lim Liong Ghee had been working for CAI, an investment unit under the Changi Airport Group, when he took bribes from Ng Soon Weng, the director of First Tel Tech (FTT), said the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) in a news release on Monday (23 December).
Lim, who is also a former IT manager at hedge fund manager Dymon Asia Capital, had taken a total of $215,237 from Ng as a reward for furthering FTT’s business interests in CAI and Dymon. According to court documents, Lim had received the bribes between 2015 and 2017.
The two 45-year-old Singaporeans were charged in court on Monday. Lim was slapped with 11 counts of forging quotations in order to cheat CAI into awarding contracts to FTT, while Ng was charged 98 counts of corruptly giving cash gratification to Lim.
Both men were also charged with five counts each of engaging in a conspiracy along with another unnamed individual to forge quotations so at to cheat CAI into awarding contracts to FTT. These acts of forgery, along with Lim’s individual acts, allegedly took place in 2016 and 2017.
Lim and Ng, who were each offered bail of $50,000, will next appear in court on 20 January.
A person who is convicted of corruption faces a fine of up to $100,000, a jail term of up to five years, or both. Anyone is guilty of forgery for the purpose of cheating faces up to 10 years’ jail along with a possible fine.
In its statement, the CPIB encouraged businesses here to “put in place robust procedures in areas such as procurement and internal audit” so as to avoid falling victim to dishonest acts by rogue employees.
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