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Ex-principal accused of misappropriating nearly S$150,000

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Ex-principal accused of misappropriating nearly S$150,000
By Shaffiq Alkhatib | Posted: 19 May 2011 1416 hrs

SINGAPORE: A former principal of Maris Stella High School has been charged with misappropriating S$148,539.85 between May 2004 and September 2009.

64-year-old Anthony Tan Kim Hock, who retired in 2009, allegedly committed the offence in the school on 21 separate occasions.

13 of the charges involve a man known as Peter Lim, believed to be a relative and is said to be in his 30s.

Tan allegedly used S$44,860.80 from the school management committee as well as the Director-General of education school fund accounts to pay for items such as seven of Mr Lim's overseas school trips and an open water diving course in Pulau Tioman.

Tan is also accused of misappropriating another S$34,000 which was donated to the school.

Another charge involved him allegedly misappropriating S$2,000 which was donated to three retired Marist brothers.

Besides these, Tan is believed to have done the same with S$67,679.05 from the school's chapel building fund account.

Tan is out on a bail of S$40,000 and is represented by lawyer, Dr Koh Hai Keong.

The case will be mentioned again on June 16.

- CNA/cc

 

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May 20, 2011

IN THE ST NEWSPAPER TODAY

Ex-principal of Maris Stella faces CBT charges
Anthony Tan accused of taking almost $150,000 of funds from school


By Elena Chong & Jennani Durai

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Tan (above), 64, allegedly used some of the funds taken to pay for various expenses incurred by a man named Peter Lim. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

A CATHOLIC religious brother who was the longest-serving principal of Maris Stella High School was charged in court on Thursday with misappropriating funds.

Anthony Tan Kim Hock, 64, a member of the Marist Brothers, a religious order for men, is accused of taking a total of $148,540 in school donations, management committee and chapel building funds over a five-year period between May 2004 and September 2009 when he was principal of the boys' school.

Tan allegedly pocketed about $104,000. The rest was allegedly used to pay for various expenses incurred by a man named Peter Lim.

These included overseas school trips made by Mr Lim, fees for his tennis coaching accreditation programme and professional tennis registry renewal, costs for an advanced open water diving course on Pulau Tioman and a ferry ticket to Batam.

Tan, who retired in 2009 after 25 years as principal, was charged in a district court on Thursday with a total of 21 counts of criminal breach of trust.

Some of the money was allegedly siphoned from the school's management committee account, including $67,679 of funds in the school chapel building fund account with United Overseas Bank.

Read the full report in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.

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Former principal found guilty of embezzling school funds

By Claire Huang
POSTED: 24 Apr 2013 5:01 PM

The former principal of Maris Stella High School has been found guilty of misappropriating S$67,700 from the school's chapel building fund account between March and September 2009.

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SINGAPORE: The former principal of Maris Stella High School has been found guilty of misappropriating S$67,700 from the school's chapel building fund account between March and September 2009.

66-year-old Anthony Tan Kim Hock, who retired in 2009, had initially faced 21 charges of criminal breach of trust between May 2004 and September 2009 that amounted to S$150,000.

But the prosecution proceeded only on one count involving the misappropriation of S$67,700.

After a 10-day trial, Tan was convicted of using the money from the school's chapel building fund to do rebuilding and renovation works for the Champagnat House in Flower Road.

The Champagnat House is the residence of the Marist Brothers, a religious order which Tan belongs to.

Work began on the house in February 2008 and ended in May 2009.

Tan was not directly supervising the project but bills for some of the works such as stained glass and granite cladding (which involved the adhering of stones to the walls of a building) were sent to him.

In a 92-page grounds for decision, District Judge Soh Tze Bian listed his reasons for convicting Tan.

He said the prosecution had "provided overwhelming basis" for the the court to infer dishonesty on the part of Tan at the time of his payments for three items for the Champagnat House from the school's chapel building fund.

The judge added that the defence had failed to challenge many aspects of the material evidence introduced by the prosecution.

These include how certain funding events were organised as well as the "incredulity of the accused person's defence and his evasiveness".

The judge said the defence had failed to support many of the factual assertions it had made.

Thus, Judge Soh said he could not accept the defence's submissions that Tan was not dishonest in his conduct but was merely mistaken as to the extent of his authority and discretion in managing the affairs of the school.

He also did not buy into the defence's point that Tan did not have any intention to acquire any wrongful gain for himself or cause any loss to the school.

Tan will be sentenced on 28 June.

- CNA/ir

 
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