DHL, Tetra Pak executives charged with receiving more than S$400,000 in bribes

SINGAPORE: Two males have been on Wednesday (Dec 8) charged with corruption after allegedly receiving bribes of more than S$400,000 in alternate for advancing the enterprise pursuits of a logistics agency with their firms.Edmund Hoon Wai Kein was a senior govt of DHL Supply Chain Singapore and Kelvin Tan was a senior govt of Tetra Pak Jurong on the time of the offences between July 2019 and June 2020.Both males are suspected of acquiring financial gratification as a reward for advancing the enterprise pursuits of Likok Logistics with DHL and Tetra Pak, stated the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) in a information launch.They have every been charged with three counts of corruption, with Hoon dealing with an extra cost in relation to an alleged mortgage.Both males are additionally accused of conspiring to arrange false invoices. For this, every has been charged with falsification of accounts beneath the Penal Code, with Kelvin Tan dealing with an extra cost.Three staff of Likok Logistics have been additionally charged in relation to those alleged offences. They are common supervisor Chee Peng Chun and managing administrators Tan Hook Beng and Tan Pei Fung.Chee was charged with receiving about S$270,000 in gratification, whereas Tan Hook Beng and Tan Pei Fung allegedly gave about S$98,000 and S$382,000 in gratification respectively.

BRIBES FROM LIKOK LOGISTIC DRIVERS

Chee, 50, was charged with one other six counts of corruption on suspicion that he obtained bribes from drivers employed by Likok Logistics between 2017 and 2020.The bribes have been allegedly taken in return for provides of employment, not displaying them disfavour or assigning them more or beneficial journeys, stated CPIB.The 50-year-old can also be suspected of instigating one other Likok Logistics worker to obtain financial gratification from a driver.Separately, Chee and Kelvin Tan every face two counts of dishonest and dishonestly inducing the supply of a property for different offences allegedly dedicated between 2019 and 2020.Another man, Seng Joo Meng Andrew, who was a director of H&P Services on the time, faces three counts of dishonest.“Singapore adopts a strict zero-tolerance approach towards corruption and other criminal activities,” stated CPIB.A corruption offence carries a jail time period of as much as 5 years, a effective of as much as S$100,000 or each.Falsification of accounts and dishonest and dishonestly inducing a supply of property are punishable by a jail time period of as much as 10 years and a effective.