Man jailed for bribing S'pore zoo director at least $126,500

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Another man involved in giving bribes to a then director of the zoo in Singapore has been given a jail sentence. To Chai Kiat, who was the sole director and shareholder of a construction firm at the time of the offences, was sentenced to nine months’ jail on July 2 after...

Another man involved in giving bribes to a then director of the zoo in Singapore has been given a jail sentence.

The attraction, now known as the Singapore Zoo, was a subsidiary of a company called Wildlife Reserves Singapore , now known as the Mandai Wildlife Group.At the time of the offences, To, who is a Malaysian, was working for KK Iron Engineering . A search with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority revealed that he is no longer a director at KKI. He is now a director at another firm, KK Decor.

As the head of department at the time, Chong would be the final approver of projects or jobs that did not require the involvement of a tender adjudication committee. In 2015, Toh Yong Soon recruited into the scheme Koh Kian Hee, 41, who was then a director and shareholder of construction firm Geoscapes, said deputy public prosecutors Kelvin Chong, Shamini Joseph and Darren Sim.

“If KKI was awarded the WRS job, KKI would pay the mark-up value of about 35 per cent to ‘lao ban’, or ‘boss’, as a reward.”

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