PAP RSAF can get $Million Cheated by Ah Neh = All Wars LOST!

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Former RSAF engineer admits to cheating Government over contracts worth more than $1.8 million
Rajkumar Padmanathan, 49, pleaded guilty to 19 cheating charges involving more than $150,000.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
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SINGAPORE - A former Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) engineer has admitted in a district court that he cheated the Government over contracts worth more than $1.8 million.

On Wednesday (May 9), Rajkumar Padmanathan, 49, pleaded guilty to 19 cheating charges involving more than $150,000. The court heard that 198 other cheating charges involving the remaining amount will be taken into consideration during sentencing.

Besides this, Rajkumar and another former RSAF engineer, Sung Way Xiong, 29, each pleaded guilty to one corruption charge and eight offences involving the Official Secrets Act.

Sung was given 10 weeks' jail on Wednesday. Rajkumar, who has not been sentenced, will be back in court on June 27.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Vincent Ong said that Rajkumar joined RSAF as an air force engineer in 1989 and resigned on July 31, 2012.

His scope of work mainly related to the F-16 aircraft, and required him to raise requests for repair and maintenance works. Independent contractors would tender for these jobs.



DPP Ong told District Judge Edgar Foo: "After receiving the quotations from the contractors, Rajkumar would then indicate which contractors he recommended.

"Rajkumar's superiors would authenticate the request and generally relied on Rajkumar's recommendations in respect of the contractors, as well as the price quoted, to determine if they should be awarded the works."

The Ministry of Defence (Mindef) would pay the contractors upon completion of their tasks.

While still working as an RSAF engineer, Rajkumar came up with a scheme to cheat his employer and obtain profits for himself.

On May 19, 2010, he incorporated a firm known as Goodwill Aviations System (GAS), with his wife as the sole director and shareholder. However, Rajkumar was the true owner and controlled the company's business, said DPP Ong.

Without informing his superiors about his links to GAS, he would make recommendations for jobs to be awarded to the firm.

DPP Ong added: "As a result of his recommendation and deception, quotations by GAS would be approved by his superiors and the works would then be awarded to GAS."

Between October 2010 and June 2012, GAS was awarded 99 jobs with a total value of $868,994.

Besides GAS, Rajkumar was also involved in the business of three other companies which tendered for works required by RSAF. They are Eagle Flight Aviation Services, Duratech Engineering and Global Trade Well.

Through a similar method, these three firms were each awarded jobs of between $29,090 and $632,528.

Rajkumar met Sung in 2014 after leaving RSAF. The younger man was an RSAF engineer at that time and had access to a platform known as the Enterprise System, which contained confidential data such as pricing information for various items.

The court heard that the pricing information is classified as "commercial-in-confidence". Contractors with access to the system would gain a competitive advantage over the others.

When Rajkumar learnt that Sung had access to the system, he told the younger man that he was involved in the aviation business and asked Sung to provide him with the prices of items in the RSAF inventory.

DPP Ong said: "He also told Sung that if his business went smoothly, he could employ Sung when the latter left the RSAF and give him a good pay package and that if the business was good, he would share some of his profits with Sung."

Sung corruptly agreed to be part of the plan and gave Rajkumar confidential pricing information which he obtained from the Enterprise System, said the DPP.

In a statement, Mindef said on Wednesday that it has a zero-tolerance policy towards corruption.

Together with the Singapore Armed Forces, Mindef said, it has a "robust procurement process which incorporates a comprehensive set of internal and external audits, checks and balances to guard against corruption and procurement malpractices".

"During one of our periodic internal audits in July 2015, we detected irregularities and immediately surfaced this case to the CPIB (Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau) for investigation.

"All servicemen, regardless of their position or seniority, are expected to uphold the highest standards of integrity and conduct."


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[steffychun]

Ah Nehs the worst.

 

[Think_PAP]

Rajkumar Padmanathan, 49, pleaded guilty to 19 cheating charges involving more than $150,000.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW


Firing squad most appropriate

 

[syed putra]

Chinese contractor and supplier got away scot free.

 

[think_lees]

Now with USA stop own production of F-16 and sold whole F-16 production line to India, Ah Neh Snakes will milk PAP until dry and all the F-16s of RSAF will still fall off the sky pilots and peasants on the ground dies. Scandals & frauds non-stop.

 

[zhihau]

use AA gun, let loose the dogs!
ala KJU-style

 

[eatshitndie]

wah, all these fighter planes need outside contractors to do repair and maintenance? who are these “contractors” that can do such unique, specific, extraordinary and sophisticated jobs? surely the rsaf hires a huge internal crew of aviation and aeronautical engineers to do its own repair and maintenance? apparently not. everything subcontract and outsource. how can rsaf with advanced weaponry and sophisticated aircraft outsource aircraft work to outside contractors? and how many qualified and vetted fighter aircraft “contractors” are there in sg? like that all these highly paid rsaf engineers and technicians must be shaking legs, drinking kopi, talking cock, singing song, doing nothing except to farm out work, take a nap and jiakliaobi. might as well outsource the flying of jets to contractors too. saf truly kom kum. next is to outsource fighting to banglas and rohingyas when shit hits the fan.

 

[frenchbriefs]

I like it when SAf gets screwed,give this entrepreneuristic ah neh a tiger.

When I'm a billionaire,I will become SAF biggest vendor and screw them out of millions too .saf is a worthless organisation leech on taxpayers and not to mention treat nsf lives as disposable.

 

[frenchbriefs]

wah, all these fighter planes need outside contractors to do repair and maintenance? who are these “contractors” that can do such unique, specific, extraordinary and sophisticated jobs? surely the rsaf hires a huge internal crew of aviation and aeronautical engineers to do its own repair and maintenance? apparently not. everything subcontract and outsource. how can rsaf with advanced weaponry and sophisticated aircraft outsource aircraft work to outside contractors? and how many qualified and vetted fighter aircraft “contractors” are there in sg? like that all these highly paid rsaf engineers and technicians must be shaking legs, drinking kopi, talking cock, singing song, doing nothing except to farm out work, take a nap and jiakliaobi. might as well outsource the flying of jets to contractors too. saf truly kom kum. next is to outsource fighting to banglas and rohingyas when shit hits the fan.

My guess is SAF is full of nsfs who are just there to serve and Fark off,and regulars who mostly dunno anything anyway and not concerned with doing anything beyond their payscale....saf is good at organisational and planning and admin stuff but when it comes to actually doing things and know how and technical expertise they probably rank lower than smrt.

U see saf is a two sided organisation,it's mostly full of over paid scholar upper management officers and full of bo Tak check regulars who can't make it outside and joined as a last resort.one side is just book smart and the other is just plain dumb,so it ends up nobody actually really knows how to do anything in real life....they are just good at wayanging and pretending to be a military on this island.in us army they are supposed to know their roles and be self sufficient....know how to fix the Humvees and abramhs,know how to carry out first aid and perform surgery,our saf is just a temporary stop gap measure until we get them out to the real hospital,or get the real experts to fix what's broken.

 

[eatshitndie]

My guess is SAF is full of nsfs who are just there to serve and Fark off,and regulars who mostly dunno anything anyway and not concerned with doing anything beyond their payscale....saf is good at organisational and planning and admin stuff but when it comes to actually doing things and know how and technical expertise they probably rank lower than smrt.

U see saf is a two sided organisation,it's mostly full of over paid scholar upper management officers and full of bo Tak check regulars who can't make it outside and joined as a last resort.one side is just book smart and the other is just plain dumb,so it ends up nobody actually really knows how to do anything in real life....they are just good at wayanging and pretending to be a military on this island.in us army they are supposed to know their roles and be self sufficient....know how to fix the Humvees and abramhs,know how to carry out first aid and perform surgery,our saf is just a temporary stop gap measure until we get them out to the real hospital,or get the real experts to fix what's broken.

rsaf aircraft techs have to sign 6(.9)-year contract and becum regular to earn higher pay. the rsaf has many more regulars per capita than other branches in saf. many are ground crew, which mainly comprise techs and engineers servicing aircraft in hangars. of course, like every saf organization there are jiakliaobi admin staff plus nsfs doing office work. many of these techs and engineers leave after contract to work for commercial and private aircraft maintenance outfits in seletar and changi. sg has a thriving private aircraft maintenance industry at seletar - many indon owners park their aircraft there. seletar also serves as an aircraft hub to ferry wealthier indons from various islands by private jet and turboprop to sg for medical tourism.

 

[frenchbriefs]

rsaf aircraft techs have to sign 6(.9)-year contract and becum regular to earn higher pay. the rsaf has many more regulars per capita than other branches in saf. many are ground crew, which mainly comprise techs and engineers servicing aircraft in hangars. of course, like every saf organization there are jiakliaobi admin staff plus nsfs doing office work. many of these techs and engineers leave after contract to work for commercial and private aircraft maintenance outfits in seletar and changi. sg has a thriving private aircraft maintenance industry at seletar - many indon owners park their aircraft there. seletar also serves as an aircraft hub to ferry wealthier indons from various islands by private jet and turboprop to sg for medical tourism.

Are u sure?cause from my two years experience in saf and 5 ict,I kind of get the feeling that saf is mostly a sai Kang or paperwork kind of organization.
I mean it doesn't serve any specific purpose u know?if these engineers or techs were any good like smrt engineers they would have gone out and started a famous engineering or manufacturing company like Boeing or G.E. or one of those German tunneling machine companies....I mean goddam Elon musk has a electric car company,a boring(machine) company and a rocket company.

Well can't be helped sinkies arent exactly a hands on practical kind of country,we aren't no engineering or manufacturing country like Germans or tiongs or even USA...we can't build our own casinos our highways,just coolies and farmers that are good at taking exams and driving taxis.

 

[eatshitndie]

Are u sure?cause from my two years experience in saf and 5 ict,I kind of get the feeling that saf is mostly a sai Kang or paperwork kind of organization.
I mean it doesn't serve any specific purpose u know?if these engineers or techs were any good like smrt engineers they would have gone out and started a famous engineering or manufacturing company like Boeing or G.E. or one of those German tunneling machine companies....I mean goddam Elon musk has a electric car company,a boring(machine) company and a rocket company.

Well can't be helped sinkies arent exactly a hands on practical kind of country,we aren't no engineering or manufacturing country like Germans or tiongs or even USA...we can't build our own casinos our highways,just coolies and farmers that are good at taking exams and driving taxis.

for rsaf, sure lah. must sign on at least 6(.9) years to do aircraft maintenance and servicing work. they will need at least 2 years to train mechanic and may be 3 years to fully train avionics tech.