Award-winning chef admits taking $177k in bribes

[Eomer]

Award-winning chef admits taking $177k in bribes

Published on Oct 10, 2012

Chik Ka Chung, 48, the former executive Chinese chef of Singapore Marriott Hotel was convicted on Wednesday for accepting bribes amounting to $177,704 from a seafood supplier. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

By Khushwant Singh

The only chef here to have won the prized Golden Tripod Gold Award for culinary skill on three occasions was convicted on Wednesday for accepting bribes amounting to $177,704 from a seafood supplier.

Chik Ka Chung, 48, the former executive Chinese chef of Singapore Marriott Hotel, will be sentenced on Oct 30.

He was among four chefs from well-known hotels charged in June for accepting bribes from Tay Ee Tiong, the sole proprietor of Weathy Seafood Product And Enterprise.

Court papers indicate that in July 2008, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau was tipped off that Tay was bribing chefs of several hotels and restaurants.

 

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Former Marriot chef jailed for accepting bribes from supplier

Published on Oct 30, 2012

Chik Ka Chung, former executive Chinese chef of Singapore Marriott Hotel, was sentenced to 4 months' jail for accepting $177,704 in bribes from a seafood supplier. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

By Khushwant Singh

THE first chef here to win a prestigious culinary award three times was jailed for four months on Tuesday for pocketing bribes from a seafood supplier.

Chik Ka Chung, 48, former executive Chinese chef of Singapore Marriott Hotel, was also ordered to pay a penalty of $177,704, which is the total amount he received. If not, he has to serve the default sentence of a further 18 weeks in jail.

Through the court's interpreter, he told District Judge Chay Yuen Fatt that he was very sorry for hurting his family and the hotel he had worked for.

"I told my children this morning that I've done wrong and I must accept the consequences," he said. He has a son, 12, and a daughter, 14.

Read the full report in The Straits Times on Tuesday (Oct 30).

 

[Donor]

This shows that have an award is nothing. Cash is king.