Landscape boss charged of corruption
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Jun 10, 2010 - Straits Times
Landscape boss charged
by Elena Chong
THE boss of a landscape company was charged in court on Thursday with four counts of corruption involving a total $34,000.
Tan Kok Keong, 39, managing director of Kok Keong Landscape (KKL), allegedly gave bribes amounting to $4,000 to Ms Victorine Noella Wijeysingha, a landscape resident technical officer, between November 2008 and March last year to be lenient in her supervision of work done and to help the company avoid any delay in completing its work.
KKL was the landscape subcontractor of the Orchard Road mall enhancement works project initiated by the Singapore Tourism Board. Ms Wijeysingha was the officer acting for STB in the mall project.
Tan is also accused of corruptly offering $30,000 to her in February last year to advance his company's business interest by recommending to one Sumina of SCDA Architect to award Nassim Park's landscape works contract to KKL.
His case was adjourned for a week for him to get a lawyer.
If convicted, he faces a fine of up to $100,000 and/or a jail term of up to five years on each charge.
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no wonder the Istana tree fell.
