SAF lieutenant-colonel charged with fake bids
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Singapore Armed Force lieutenant-colonel charged with fake bids
The Straits Times, 26 September 2003
A Singapore Armed Forces lieutenant-colonel has been charged with 67 counts of corruption over fake quotations submitted for repair works in the training areas under his command.
Yesterday, Lt-Col Ong Beng Leong, 43, was accused of submitting the fake bids to deceive the SAF.
The alleged scam saw Lt-Col Ong, who was authorised to award contracts up to a certain value, colluding with a contractor friend, who eventually secured the deals.
They are said to have sought to exploit the tender system, which requires a contract to be awarded to the lowest of three bids.
The contractor prepared the fake quotations in the names of two other companies and handed them to the officer. This allegedly enabled Lt-Col Ong to award contracts to his friend, who had already submitted the lowest bid.
The 67 false quotations involved bids amounting to a total of almost $1.2 million.
The officer submitted 44 quotations under the name of Gin Huat Company and 23 under that of Precise Development, between January 2001 and December 2001.
Lt-Col Ong, who was the former commanding officer of the Training Resource Management Centre, which is based at the Pasir Laba camp, was responsible for maintaining SAF training areas.
Two weeks ago, the contractor Ong Chye Tab, 62, pleaded guilty to six charges of corruption, with 61 other charges taken into consideration. He will be sentenced next Tuesday.
He admitted in court that he had had an arrangement with Lt-Col Ong - he would supply him with false quotations and the officer would submit them to the SAF.
The contractor had instructed his secretary, Khoo Swee Im, to create fictitious quotations in the name of Precise Development and Gin Huat using fake letterheads.
These quotations would reflect higher bid amounts than those submitted by his own company, Sin Hiaptat Construction, of which he was the sole proprietor.
The contractor was awarded 59 contracts worth more than $570,000, which included works for concrete paving and drainage improvement.
It was not said in court if Lt-Col Ong, who the Defence Ministry said has been suspended, had benefited monetarily from the arrangement.
Khoo pleaded guilty to two charges of forgery and was sentenced to four months' jail.
Lt-Col Ong, who was calm as the charges were read out to him yesterday, is out on bail of $20,000 and will be back in court on Oct 17.
The penalty for each charge of corruption is a maximum fine of $100,000 or a maximum jail term of five years, or both -
Wah, this one so long ago, now then trial.
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so much for our judicial systemOriginally posted by ditzy:Wah, this one so long ago, now then trial. -
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Like to charge young NSF with DB , now u go in yourself!!!
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Lt col earn so much pay still want to cheat....
Our policy of paying top dollar to prevent corruption does not work -
tis is onli about one tree in a whole forestOriginally posted by Ah long sah:Lt col earn so much pay still want to cheat....
Our policy of paying top dollar to prevent corruption does not work -
i know him
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how u know himOriginally posted by merlion_boy:i know him -
my work in army encounter himOriginally posted by ßÇÖ®:how u know him -
what kind of person is he?Originally posted by merlion_boy:my work in army encounter him -
human. like you and meOriginally posted by ßÇÖ®:what kind of person is he?
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Originally posted by Ah long sah:http://admin.corisweb.org/index.php?fuseaction=news.view&id=111011&src=newdcn
Singapore Armed Force lieutenant-colonel charged with fake bids
The Straits Times, 26 September 2003
A Singapore Armed Forces lieutenant-colonel has been charged with 67 counts of corruption over fake quotations submitted for repair works in the training areas under his command. -
what do you expect? a cheesecake?Originally posted by merlion_boy:human. like you and me -
he got go DB?
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Originally posted by Ah long sah:http://admin.corisweb.org/index.php?fuseaction=news.view&id=111011&src=newdcn
Singapore Armed Force lieutenant-colonel charged with fake bids
The Straits Times, 26 September 2003
A Singapore Armed Forces lieutenant-colonel has been charged with 67 counts of corruption over fake quotations submitted for repair works in the training areas under his command.
Yesterday, Lt-Col Ong Beng Leong, 43, was accused of submitting the fake bids to deceive the SAF.
The alleged scam saw Lt-Col Ong, who was authorised to award contracts up to a certain value, colluding with a contractor friend, who eventually secured the deals.
They are said to have sought to exploit the tender system, which requires a contract to be awarded to the lowest of three bids...
...Two weeks ago, the contractor Ong Chye Tab, 62, pleaded guilty to ...
He admitted in court that he had had an arrangement with Lt-Col Ong - he would supply him with false quotations and the officer would submit them to the SAF.
The contractor had instructed his secretary, Khoo Swee Im, to create fictitious quotations in the name of Precise Development and Gin Huat using fake letterheads.
These quotations would reflect higher bid amounts than those submitted by his own company, Sin Hiaptat Construction, of which he was the sole proprietor.
It was not said in court if Lt-Col Ong, who the Defence Ministry said has been suspended, had benefited monetarily from the arrangement.
... is a maximum fine of $100,000 or a maximum jail term of five years, or both
IMO I don't think that the accused LTC Ong do it out of pulling money in his own pocket.Originally posted by Ah long sah:Lt col earn so much pay still want to cheat....
Our policy of paying top dollar to prevent corruption does not work
It was due to the bidding system that required 3 x Invitation To Quote for the contract and award to the lowest tender. The accused could have commited the offence due to convenient seek. IMO the accused might have already check out the lowest price before awarding the contracts but the time factor the accused cannot physically wait for the others 2 quotes from the other company hence instructed the contractor to summit the fasle quotations.
Of course, these are just my assumptions, I do not know him in anyway.
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wen le den yu mei wen...Originally posted by alexkusu:what do you expect? a cheesecake? -
He's a good man from my encounter with him. I dont think he personally gain anything from it, rather under him the PLC training area saw a vast improvement, very different from my time there. I think the only wrong he did was to cheat the system. The 3 quote system in principle is good, but it negates other factors which money cant buy. Sad case..
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Hey, this came out 2 years ago. Why is it being brought up all of a sudden these days?