Former employee of Hyflux subsidiary sentenced to 10 days' jail in bribery case

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Malaysian Khoo Chen Ee received some $6,000 in bribes.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE - A former human resource manager of a Hyflux subsidiary asked and received some $6,000 in bribes from the director of a recruitment agency he was friendly with.In return, the 36-year-old asked for the director of recruitment agency Leeds HR Solution to cover his personal expenses, including a short holiday to Bangkok that he took with his girlfriend.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Derek Ee told the court that Khoo, who was employed with Hydrochem , had to liaise with employment agencies to source for foreign workers for Hyflux, which was working on an incineration plant project. Khoo came to know of Mr Elumalai Selvakumar, the director of Leeds HR Solution, through his work, and subsequently became"good friends" with him, said DPP Ee.

He added that Khoo told his team that Leeds was better than the other agencies in areas like crowd control and repatriation.

 

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