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Oct 22, 2009
Jailed for false statements <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent </td></tr> </tbody></table> <!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->
A MAN was jailed for 12 months and four weeks on Thursday for employment breaches. Wong Seng Kiong, 57, owner of Guo Tai Mei Trading (GTMT), had earlier admitted to 22 charges of false statements relating to the employment of foreign employees and phantom workers, as well as collecting levies from workers. The court heard that he recovered $500 levy a month from each of four Chinese nationals last year even though the amount he was supposed to pay was only $150 per worker. Between January and May last year, he lied to the Controller of Work Passes that he had employed nine silk screen, block and textile printers from China to work in GTMT when it was a shell entity. Investigation showed that he had an arrangement with a man who paid him $200 for every application of work pass made. He also inflated the company's foreign employee entitlement to get work passes for the nine foreigners. GTMT claimed 30 Singaporeans were on its payroll when none worked for the company. Twenty-one charges were considered during his sentencing.
Oct 22, 2009
Jailed for false statements <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent </td></tr> </tbody></table> <!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->
A MAN was jailed for 12 months and four weeks on Thursday for employment breaches. Wong Seng Kiong, 57, owner of Guo Tai Mei Trading (GTMT), had earlier admitted to 22 charges of false statements relating to the employment of foreign employees and phantom workers, as well as collecting levies from workers. The court heard that he recovered $500 levy a month from each of four Chinese nationals last year even though the amount he was supposed to pay was only $150 per worker. Between January and May last year, he lied to the Controller of Work Passes that he had employed nine silk screen, block and textile printers from China to work in GTMT when it was a shell entity. Investigation showed that he had an arrangement with a man who paid him $200 for every application of work pass made. He also inflated the company's foreign employee entitlement to get work passes for the nine foreigners. GTMT claimed 30 Singaporeans were on its payroll when none worked for the company. Twenty-one charges were considered during his sentencing.
