SCDF Peter Lim Gold Cup

[VinnieVincent]

Sales manager takes stand in ex-SCDF chief's trial
Posted: 19 February 2013 1605 hrs

Former SCDF chief Peter Lim (C) arrives for the start of the first tranche of his trial. (Photo: Lim Wee Leng, Mediacorp)

SINGAPORE: A sales manager for Nimrod Engineering said he did not detect any corruption while preparing the submissions for a tender that was called by the Singapore Civil Defence Force in 2011.

Mr Lee Yong Chin, who took the stand on Tuesday -- the second day of the sex-for-contracts case involving former SCDF chief Peter Lim -- is the prosecution's second witness.

Lee had prepared and signed off on the documents that were submitted for the tender.

The tender -- which called for bids to supply Radiation Portal Monitors -- is at the centre of the trial, with the prosecution alleging that Nimrod Engineering obtained the information about the tender from the former SCDF chief even before it was made public.

52-year-old Lim is accused of obtaining oral sex from Ms Pang Chor Mui, a general manager of Nimrod Engineering, at a carpark in Stadium Walk in May 2010 in exchange for advancing her company's business interests with the SCDF.

But Mr Lee told the court he did not believe any employee of Nimrod Engineering had received any insider information with regard to the tender details and specifications, as these only became available when the tender was made public on 6 April 2011.

However, these specifications were only forwarded to Mr Lee's colleague, business development manager Tan Peng Leng, on 21 April.

Defence Counsel Hamidul Haq then pointed out that it would be in Nimrod Engineering's interest to have sent the information earlier.

But Mr Lee said he had not received any instruction from Ms Pang, whom he reports to, to proceed, even though he alerted her to the tender around the time it was first published.

It was revealed that the contract, if Nimrod had won the tender, would have been worth about S$400,000.

Ms Pang is expected to take the stand as the prosecution's witness later.

The court also heard that the tender, which closed on 3 May 2011, was cancelled in October the same year in order for SCDF to review its technical specifications.

A re-tender was called by SCDF later that year, and Nimrod Engineering also submitted a bid.

- CNA/al

 

[VinnieVincent]

EX-SCDF chief could have posed conflict of interest in procurement process
By Kimberly Spykerman | Posted: 19 February 2013 2054 hrs

Peter Lim (C), leaves the subordinate court for a lunch break with his two lawyers in Singapore on February 18, 2013. (AFP/ROSLAN RAHMAN)

SINGAPORE: On the second day of the sex-for-contracts trial of former Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) chief Peter Lim, the court heard that he had a hand to play in the procurement process which could have led to a conflict of interest.

Lim's lawyers have said he had no bearing on the evaluation committee's decision to award any tender but the court on Tuesday heard that he had the final sign-off on all procurement processes of the SCDF.

This was revealed by the prosecution's third witness - Ms Chin Lai Fong, who is the director of the SCDF's logistics department.

She said Lim sits on both tender boards that signed-off on all recommendations for procurement put forward by the evaluation committee.

If the procurement value is less than $1 million, it goes to Tender Board A, where the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, and Director of Finance, all from SCDF, would sign off.

If the procurement value is above $1 million, it goes to Tender Board B, where it will be signed off by Ministry of Home Affairs Permanent Secretary, Deputy Permanent Secretary, and SCDF Commissioner.

The prosecution then pointed to a government instruction manual that drew links to the fact that Lim should have declared a conflict of interest and excused himself from the procurement process.

The manual states that where in the course of an officer's work, the officer must declare when a decision is taken on issues in which he may have a personal interest.

Lim is accused of obtaining oral sex from Ms Pang Chor Mui, a general manager of Nimrod Engineering, at a carpark in Stadium Walk in May 2010 in exchange for advancing her company's business interests with the SCDF.

However, his lawyers said in an opening statement on Monday that Lim and Ms Pang were close friends, and that their intimacy stemmed from a flirtatious relationship.

Still, it is the prosecution's case that he tipped off Nimrod Engineering about the SCDF's need for walk-through radiation portal monitors even before this information was made public.

The tender was only published on the government e-procurement website GeBiz on April 6, 2011.

The prosecution drew attention to the fact that the Lim had broached the topic of getting more of these machines on either March 16 or 17.

This was around the same time Ms Pang instructed a colleague to source for suppliers of these machines.

SCDF had been instructed to carry out radiation screening on passengers arriving into Singapore following the Japanese earthquake in 2011 that damaged a nuclear plant.

The court heard that SCDF had six deployable machines but some were faulty. Lim was concerned about this and discussions followed as how soon they could be fixed or if it was necessary to procure additional portals.

At the time, no decision was made on whether to call for tenders.

Nimrod Engineering employee Lee Yong Chin who took the stand earlier in the day testified that he didn't believe the company had received any insider information.

As the company's sales manager, he was responsible for preparing the documents to submit for the tender. He also revealed that the contract, if Nimrod had successfully bid for the tender, was worth about $400,000.

Ms Pang is expected to take the stand at a later stage.

The trial continues.

- CNA/fa

 

[GoldenDragon]

bro,
any idea who is the pau toh kia in all these sex-saga?
with regards to the 17 yo mei mei saga, remembered you mentioning about something more tua kee akan datang? as in after those 50 odd guys got sentenced.

Not aware who was the pau toh kia. Was told one of them (NBG or PL) tiok phoon. CPIB initially bio one of them. The other only surfaced during 'coverage'.

My secret squirrel told me previously to expect more prominent chaps to be charged wrt the underage sex case. Sadly, no news since then. But one thing's certain. There are several more to the case. The question is, will they be charged?

 

[GoldenDragon]

PL and 2 Ah Neh lawyers. Guess the outcome?

 

[Kohliantye]

Re: Lai, Lai...come bet on this case lah....

Thanks bro.

Most DPPs seepay howlian when in legal service. It is always the case that they lower themselves to be more humble after they leave the legal service. I can think of only one super humble DPP who is now in private practice - Ismail Hamid. Had a close working relationship with him when he was DPP.

Ismail Hamid was a superbly wonderful down-to-Earth, humble, friendly and respectful guy. I encountered him while he was a Coroner.

The other guy worthy of mention is DJ Rahim Jalil. Dunno whether RJ is still with the Judiciary.

The late lawyer Murugason (a Workers Party candidate) spoke highly of Rahim Jalil and his legal knowledge.

People like Ismail Hamid can easily survive in private practice as compared to those "high-nosed" ones serving as DPPs.

The disease is ARROGANCE. The same disease has infected the PAP. So sad.

 

[steffychun]

PL and 2 Ah Neh lawyers. Guess the outcome?

Same as Boon Gay's?

 

[GoldenDragon]

Same as Boon Gay's?

Unlikely imo.

 

[Charlie99]

PL and 2 Ah Neh lawyers. Guess the outcome?

Hi brother [GoldenDragon],
What is the significance?
Lots of "mama" are lawyers, significantly more than their numbers as a percentage of the population

 

[VinnieVincent]

Ex-SCDF chief trial: Day 3 begins with cross-examination of director of logistics

Published on Feb 20, 2013

Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) director of logistics Chin Lai Fong is seen here on Day 2 of the sex-for-contracts trial involving former SCDF Peter Lim Sin Pang. The SCDF director returns to the witness stand today to be cross examined. -- ST FILE PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM

By Derrick Ho

The sex-for-contracts trial continued on the third day after former Singapore Civil Defence Force chief (SCDF) Peter Lim Sin Pang arrived at the Subordinate Courts at around 9.10am on Wednesday.

SCDF director of logistics Chin Lai Fong is set to return to the witness stand to be cross examined.

On Tuesday, the prosecution questioned her to establish why the SCDF needed to purchase new walk-through radiation detectors back in 2011.

Over the past two days, two managers from Nimrod Engineering, a security systems company at the centre of the corruption case, were also cross examined to establish details of its tender process and the timeline of events leading up to the submission of the tender. Officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force are likely to take the stand on Wednesday

Get a copy of The Straits Times for the full story

 

[VinnieVincent]

Ex-SCDF chief trial: Two other companies contacted before tender of radiation devices

Published on Feb 20, 2013
By Derrick Ho

Former Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) chief Peter Lim on Day 2 of his sex-for-contract trial. At least two companies were also contacted by the SCDF about radiation portals before the tender was made public in April 2011. -- ST FILE PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) had contacted at least two other companies about radiation portals before it put up a public tender for the equipment in April 2011.

One of the companies was Secom, an existing vendor of the Home Team agency and the other was IPS Securex.

Secom was asked about the price and availability of walk-through radiation detectors shortly after the SCDF was told by the Home Affairs Ministry to be prepared to scan arriving passengers at Changi Airport, in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

IPS Securex was asked to give a demonstration of its equipment.

These emerged in court on Wednesday morning during the cross examination of SCDF logistics director, Colonel Chin Lai Fong at the corruption trial of former SCDF commissioner, Peter Lim Sin Pang.

Lim, 52, is on trial for having an illicit tryst with Ms Pang Chor Mui at a carpark in May 2010, in exchange for furthering the business interests of her employer Nimrod Engineering.

At the time, Ms Pang was Nimrod's general manager.

The prosecution has charged that Nimrod, a security systems company had received prior information from Ms Pang - Lim's one-time lover - regarding the tender before it was made public in April 2011.

Defence lawyer Hamidul Haq asked Col Chin if there was any wrong-doing involved in contacting the companies before the tender was put on government bidding site, GeBiz.

Col Chin said no and added that she did not give the companies any details of exactly what the SCDF needed.

Ms Pang is is expected to take the stand as a prosecution witness during the trial.

 

[VinnieVincent]

EX-SCDF chief could have posed conflict of interest in procurement process
By Kimberly Spykerman | Posted: 19 February 2013 2055 hrs

Peter Lim (C), leaves the subordinate court for a lunch break with his two lawyers in Singapore on February 18, 2013. (AFP/ROSLAN RAHMAN)

SINGAPORE: On the second day of the sex-for-contracts trial of former Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) chief Peter Lim, the court heard that he had a hand to play in the procurement process which could have led to a conflict of interest.

Lim's lawyers have said he had no bearing on the evaluation committee's decision to award any tender but the court on Tuesday heard that he had the final sign-off on all procurement processes of the SCDF.

This was revealed by the prosecution's third witness - Ms Chin Lai Fong, who is the director of the SCDF's logistics department.

She said Lim sits on both tender boards that signed-off on all recommendations for procurement put forward by the evaluation committee.

If the procurement value is less than $1 million, it goes to Tender Board A, where the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, and Director of Finance, all from SCDF, would sign off.

If the procurement value is above $1 million, it goes to Tender Board B, where it will be signed off by Ministry of Home Affairs Permanent Secretary, Deputy Permanent Secretary, and SCDF Commissioner.

The prosecution then pointed to a government instruction manual that drew links to the fact that Lim should have declared a conflict of interest and excused himself from the procurement process.

The manual states that where in the course of an officer's work, the officer must declare when a decision is taken on issues in which he may have a personal interest.

Lim is accused of obtaining oral sex from Ms Pang Chor Mui, a general manager of Nimrod Engineering, at a carpark in Stadium Walk in May 2010 in exchange for advancing her company's business interests with the SCDF.

However, his lawyers said in an opening statement on Monday that Lim and Ms Pang were close friends, and that their intimacy stemmed from a flirtatious relationship.

Still, it is the prosecution's case that he tipped off Nimrod Engineering about the SCDF's need for walk-through radiation portal monitors even before this information was made public.

The tender was only published on the government e-procurement website GeBiz on April 6, 2011.

The prosecution drew attention to the fact that the Lim had broached the topic of getting more of these machines on either March 16 or 17.

This was around the same time Ms Pang instructed a colleague to source for suppliers of these machines.

SCDF had been instructed to carry out radiation screening on passengers arriving into Singapore following the Japanese earthquake in 2011 that damaged a nuclear plant.

The court heard that SCDF had six deployable machines from a company called Secom, but some were faulty. Lim was concerned about this and discussions followed with his senior management as to how soon they could be fixed or if it was necessary to procure additional portals.

At the time, no decision was made on whether to call for tenders.

Lim later directed Ms Chin to contact a vendor called IPS Securex to invite the company to do a demo of its radiation portal monitor and assess its suitability for SCDF's needs.

According to Ms Chin, the company did the demo on either March 17 or 18. However, SCDF later rejected the product as Ms Chin and colleagues from the Hazardous Materials Department said they did not find it suitable and had given Lim their reasons.

Channel NewsAsia understands IPS Securex is linked to the Singapore Radiation Centre which employed one of the three women Lim allegedly obtained sex from in exchange for contracts with the SCDF.

Nimrod Engineering employee Lee Yong Chin who took the stand earlier in the day testified that he didn't believe the company had received any insider information.

As the company's sales manager, he was responsible for preparing the documents to submit for the tender. He also revealed that the contract, if Nimrod had successfully bid for the tender, was worth about $400,000.

Ms Pang is expected to take the stand at a later stage.

The trial continues.

- CNA/fa

 

[ykhuser]

Ex-SCDF chief trial: Day 3 begins with cross-examination of director of logistics

Published on Feb 20, 2013

Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) director of logistics Chin Lai Fong is seen here on Day 2 of the sex-for-contracts trial involving former SCDF Peter Lim Sin Pang. The SCDF director returns to the witness stand today to be cross examined. -- ST FILE PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM

By Derrick Ho

The sex-for-contracts trial continued on the third day after former Singapore Civil Defence Force chief (SCDF) Peter Lim Sin Pang arrived at the Subordinate Courts at around 9.10am on Wednesday.

SCDF director of logistics Chin Lai Fong is set to return to the witness stand to be cross examined.

On Tuesday, the prosecution questioned her to establish why the SCDF needed to purchase new walk-through radiation detectors back in 2011.

Over the past two days, two managers from Nimrod Engineering, a security systems company at the centre of the corruption case, were also cross examined to establish details of its tender process and the timeline of events leading up to the submission of the tender. Officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force are likely to take the stand on Wednesday

Get a copy of The Straits Times for the full story

who is this person?
invlove in the oral also?

 

[VinnieVincent]

Re: Lai, Lai...come bet on this case lah....


SCDF's purchasing asst director takes stand in Peter Lim's trial
By Kimberly Spykerman | Posted: 21 February 2013 1701 hrs

Former SCDF chief Peter Lim (C) arrives for the start of the first tranche of his trial. (Photo: Lim Wee Leng, Mediacorp)

SINGAPORE: The chairman of a tender board must separate himself from any dealings with a potential supplier if there's personal interest involved, including a scenario where oral sex has taken place.

This was the evidence given by assistant director of purchasing branch of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), Mr Roger Wong, when he took the stand on the fourth day of the sex-for-contracts trial of ex-SCDF commissioner Peter Lim.

Mr Wong said the purchasing branch, which is in charge of the procurement processes of the SCDF, refers closely to the government instruction manual on how to conduct these processes, as a government officer would have access to privileged information.

This makes it necessary to prevent personal interests from conflicting with his official duties.

On Thursday, the prosecution reinforced its point that Lim should have exempted himself from the procurement process.

Lim sat on one of the tender boards that had the final approval on awarding tenders.

To illustrate the prosecution's point, Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Kiat Pheng painted scenarios to Mr Wong.

One of the scenarios revolves around the chairman of a tender board making enquiries about a product with a female sales representative of a company after they had oral sex.

He asked if there's conflict of interest here.

Mr Wong replied that there is, adding that there's a proper chain of processes for procurement, which does not involve the chairman of the tender board making basic enquiries.

In any case, the chairman should have declared this conflict of interest, since he has the final sign-off, he said.

It's the prosecution's case that Lim, after he has had oral sex with Ms Pang Chor Mui - a senior executive of Nimrod Engineering - contacted her to enquire about the supply of walk-through Radiation Portal Monitors, when the agency's need for these monitors was not made public.

It was also established that the SCDF had estimated the procurement value of the contract for the Radiation Portal Monitors to be S$958,000.

Ms Pang is expected to take the stand when the second tranche of the trial resumes in March.

- CNA/ck

 

[VinnieVincent]

SCDF could have unintentionally tipped off others before tender, court heard
By Kimberly Spykerman | Posted: 20 February 2013 2252 hrs

Ex-SCDF chief Peter Lim (L) arrives in court (File photo: Lim Wee Leng, MediaCorp)

SINGAPORE : Two companies could have known about the Singapore Civil Defence Force's (SCDF) need for additional radiation detection equipment even before a tender was launched.

This was revealed on Day Three of the sex-for-contracts case involving former SCDF chief Peter Lim.

Lim is on trial for obtaining oral sex from a senior executive with Nimrod Engineering at a carpark in Stadium Walk in May 2010 - in exchange for furthering her company's business interests with the SCDF.

Lim is accused of tipping off Nimrod Engineering about SCDF's need for radiation detection devices before a tender was launched.

His one-time lover Pang Chor Mui was the general manager of the company at the time.

It has been established in court that Ms Pang directed her colleague to do a search for walk-through radiation portal monitors around the same time Lim asked his officers to look into acquiring more of these devices.

But it emerged in court on Wednesday that two other companies could have been tipped off unintentionally as well.

This is because the SCDF had made enquiries with them even before the tender went public on April 6 2011, as it needed to acquire more walk-through radiation portal monitors.

This followed a directive from the Home Affairs Ministry after the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster. The ministry had told SCDF to prepare to scan incoming passengers due to a radiation fallout from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant.

SCDF's logistics director Colonel Chin Lai Fong took the stand on Wednesday and said Lim had asked his officers on March 17 to check if some of the monitors the SCDF owned could be fixed, or if new ones were needed.

Colonel Chin then contacted SECOM - SCDF's existing vendor for these devices - to check their price and availability.

When asked why she decided to check the prices with SECOM, Colonel Chin said: "We wanted to check the market price if we decided to go for an open tender."

Another firm, IPS Securex, was invited to do a product demo.

Colonel Chin said she did not see anything wrong with arranging for the demo, as the purpose was purely exploratory and a way to assess if the equipment was suitable.

Ms Chin emphasised that she did not give either company specifics of what the SCDF needed and thus did not consider this to be insider information.

The former director of the Hazardous Materials Department, Lian Wee Teck, also said he did not think any law had been breached by these enquiries - given the urgent need for these devices.

He had already assumed a limited tender would be called.

It was Lim who later decided - on 31 March 2011 - to call an open tender, after fears of radiation contamination had eased.

This meant more companies could place bids. Both SECOM and Nimrod Engineering placed bids when the tender was launched on April 6.

Both SCDF officers defended the agency's procurement processes and said a rigorous system of checks ensured fairness and transparency.

Decisions must be made independently by both the evaluation committees and the tender board panels.

For example, a tender cannot be awarded if even one of the three officials on a tender board does not agree with the recommendations made by the committee. Lim sat on two tender boards that gave the final approval of all tenders awarded.

The defence also revealed that Lim - before becoming commissioner - had helped formulate some of these checks and balances.

For example, Lim had come up with the idea of ensuring the various evaluation committees were well-balanced, and comprised members of departments different from the user requesting the product.

When told of this, Colonel Lian said he did not know this, but had found it to be believable as Lim was known to have a systematic and structured manner of doing things and was known to be an "analytical" man.

The trial continues.

- CNA/ms

 

[GoldenDragon]

So far so good for PL, imo. Just curious what strategy AGC is pursuing. The weakest case to go first?

 

[VinnieVincent]

Corruption trial of ex-chief SCDF extended by 4 days
Posted: 25 February 2013 1240 hrs

Peter Lim (C), leaves the subordinate court for a lunch break with his two lawyers in Singapore on February 18, 2013. (AFP/ROSLAN RAHMAN)

SINGAPORE: The corruption trial of former chief of the Singapore Civil Defence Force, Peter Lim, has been extended by four days.

Lim's lawyers said four additional trial dates have been set as the initial schedule of eight days over February and March were not sufficient.

The trial will resume on 15 March.

Lim, 52, is accused of obtaining oral sex from Ms Pang Chor Mui of Nimrod Engineering in exchange for advancing her company's business interests.

Ms Pang was a general manager when she allegedly had oral sex with Lim in May 2010 at a carpark in Stadium Walk.

Ms Pang is expected to take the stand as a witness for the prosecution during the trial from 18 March.

Nine other charges of corruption against Lim were stood down in 2012 and will be dealt with separately.

The charges involve sex with two other women - senior executives Esther Goh of IT firm NCS and Ms Lee Wei Hoon of Singapore Radiation Centre.

- CNA/ck

 

[VinnieVincent]

Re: Lai, Lai...come bet on this case lah....

 

[Lee5604]

Re: Lai, Lai...come bet on this case lah....

Is he carrying Pang Chor Mui? Like her pink panties!

 

[jw5]

Re: Lai, Lai...come bet on this case lah....

Is he carrying Pang Chor Mui? Like her pink panties!

We still don't have a really clear official peekture of Chor Mui.

 

[Vinnie]

Woman at centre of Peter Lim trial to appear on Monday

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Saturday, Mar 16, 2013

SINGAPORE: The second tranch of former Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) chief Peter Lim's sex for contracts trial began on Friday and while the woman at the centre of the case, former general manager of Nimrod Engineering Ms Pang Chor Mui, was nowherein sight, the proseuction revealed that Ms Pang will be called to the stand when the trial resumes on Monday.

Lim is charged with corruptly receiving oral sex from Ms Pang in May 2010 in exchange for furthering the business interests of her former company Nimrod Engineering.

During the first tranch of the trial, the prosuection sought to show that Lim had leaked information to Ms Pang about SCDF's need for radiation portal monitors, or RPMs, before the tender went public in April 2011.

During Friday's cross-examination of SCDF Colonel Roger Wong, defence lawyer Hamidul Haq said that at the time of the alleged offence in May 2010, Lim could not have known that SCDF would need to acquire the RPMs as he could not have predictd the earthquake at Fukushima in March 2011.

In April 2011, following the Fukushima nuclear crisis, SCDF released a tender for RPMs to screen passengers coming from Japan for radiation.

Of the five companies that submitted the bid, only three met the technical specifcations of the tender: Nimrod Engineering, current vendor Secom, and the Singapore Radiation Centre.

Among the three, Nimrod Engineering gave the lowest price and aoccording to guidelines, should have been awarded the tender.

However, the second witness of the day, Colonel Francis Ng, director of Hazmat Department, said: "While Nimrod had met the specifications on paper, the machine it offered did not meet the operational requirements."

Colonel Ng said that Nimrod's equipment would need to be deployed in a clean environment but that the operation site has contamination and hence cannot give an accurate reading.

Colonel Ng called this a tricky situation and added that he did not consult then commissioner Peter Lim on this.

He also said that Lim did not instruct him to award the tender to Nimrod and had accepted the evaluation committee's verdict of "no award" for the tender.

The trial continues on Monday when star witness Ms Pang Chor Mui is expected to take the stand.