Sep 8, 2010
NEA staff charged with graft
By Elena Chong
A SENIOR technical officer was charged on Wednesday with 15 counts of accepting a total of $128,980 from a contractor to give him business. Oh Hian Kee, 47, was with National Environment Agency when he allegedly accepted bribes of $3,000 to $30,000 from Mr Tan Boon Gee, a director of Mincon Engineering, between May 2006 and August last year.
The prosecution alleges that he took the bribes in return for recommending Mincon to be awarded contracts at Tuas South Incineration Plant where he was attached. Oh, represented by Mr Sunil Sudheesan, is out on police bail. A pre-trial conference is scheduled for Oct 21. If convicted, he faces a fine of up to $100,000 and/or a jail term of up to five years on each charge.
