Former SPH senior vice-president Peter Khoo charged in court
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Former Singapore Press Holdings' (SPH) senior vice-president of the English and Malay News Division Peter Khoo Chong Meng, 49, was charged in court on Tuesday over illegal payments and shopping vouchers he received while working for SPH.
He faces two charges of criminal breach of trust and another eight charges tendered by the Corruption Practices Investigation Bureau.
The vouchers were intended for branding and promotion activities of The Straits Times, handled by the Editorial Projects Unit (EPU) which he oversaw.
After he voluntarily admitted to the deed in September 2010, Khoo was dismissed by SPH where he served for 22 years.
-- ST
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CPIB nowadays beri hard working eh...?
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pay peanut get monkey, pay apple get capitalist
money still not enough
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earn so much yet do such things. 人心�足蛇�象
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Depend on what peanut . If it is as said by a wife of one papig that Durai the former CEO of NKF pay is peanut then this is no ordinary peanut.
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confirmed no .... this time ?
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why are u so sure confirmed no?
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Times are bad.
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It is time for the cheng hu to earn their KPI.
See which big gun they can uncover for corruption.
They are doing a good job for Singapore at the moment.
Keep up the cleaning work.
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Former SPH senior staff charged with corruption, CBT SINGAPORE: A former senior management of Singapore Press Holdings was charged on Tuesday with a total of 10 counts of corruption and criminal breach of trust. Peter Khoo Chong Meng, 49, was the senior vice president of the English and Malay News Division. Khoo allegedly obtained gratifications amounting to $83,500 from Liaw Kim Chew in exchange for furthering Liaw's business. It is believed that Khoo received between $5,000 and $30,000 from Liaw on eight occasions from 2006 to 2010. In return, Khoo allegedly awarded Liaw with business deals from SPH's Editorial Project Unit, which Khoo was in charge of. Khoo also allegedly took shopping vouchers worth more than $22,000 between 2007 and 2010. As part of his duties, Khoo headed the committee which held events to raise funds for The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund. He was dismissed from SPH in September 2010. Khoo declined to speak to the media. He is out on an extended bail of $115,000. He will be back in court on 10 July. If he pleads guilty, the prosecution will proceed with two charges of corruption and one charge of criminal breach of trust. - CNA/wm/de
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Salaries need to go up.
Again.
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
CPIB nowadays beri hard working eh...?
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Ex-SPH Senior VP 'to plead guilty'
SINGAPORE: Former Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) Senior Vice-President Peter Khoo Chong Meng, who was charged with 10 counts of corruption and criminal breach of trust last month, is expected to plead guilty.
According to Chinese evening dailies, Khoo's lawyer, Mr Alfonso Ang, told the court on Tuesday that his client would plead guilty and that he had always intended to do so.
Mr Ang also asked for the hearing to be adjourned for four weeks as he needed to work out details of the charge with the prosecution.
The prosecution has said that it would proceed on two charges of corruption and one of criminal breach of trust if Khoo pleads guilty.
Khoo, 49, was arrested in September 2010 for allegedly receiving illegal payments and misappropriating shopping vouchers when he was head of SPH's Editorial Project Unit and in charge of branding and promotion activities for The Straits Times.
He allegedly received between S$5,000 and S$30,000 from Liaw Kim Chew for awarding Liaw with business deals between July 2006 and August 2010. Over eight occasions, he allegedly received a total of S$83,500.
He is also charged with two counts of misappropriating shopping vouchers between May 2007 and July 2010, amounting to over S$23,000.
Khoo, who chaired the committee coordinating events and activities to raise funds for The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund, was dismissed from SPH in September 2010 after 22 years in the company.
If convicted for criminal breach of trust, he could be jailed up to seven years, fined or both. If convicted for corruption, he could be fined up to S$100,000, jailed up to five years, or both.
He will return to court on August 7. His bail of S$115,000 has been extended.
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Ex-SPH senior executive Peter Khoo pleads guilty to corruption, CBT
SINGAPORE: Former Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) senior executive Peter Khoo Chong Meng pleaded guilty on Friday to two counts of corruption and one count of criminal breach of trust.
Seven other similar charges have been taken into consideration.
49-year-old Khoo, who was the Senior Vice president of the English and Malay news division, also headed the committee which held events to raise funds for The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund.
Turning up in court on Friday with his family and supporters, Khoo kept his eyes closed when his plea was taken.
Khoo, who is married with a 7-year-old son, also declined to speak the media later.
This is his second appearance in court after he was charged in June with a total of 10 counts of corruption and criminal breach of trust.
Court documents revealed that he misappropriated shopping vouchers worth S$11,548 between May 2007 and July 2010.
The vouchers, which were sponsored or purchased by SPH, were to be given to readers for news tip-offs, but Khoo used them to purchase items for his own use, including a 50-inch plasma TV, a refrigerator and air tickets.
Khoo also obtained gratifications amounting to S$83,500 from a supplier, Liaw Kim Chew in exchange for furthering Liaw's business.
Between November 2007 and September 2010, Khoo received bribes between S$5,000 and S$30,000 from Liaw, a managing director for Sino British Industries, Retro Development and Rifo Global.
Liaw asked about contracts with SPH, and Khoo told Liaw that he could bid for some jobs with SPH as the media company regularly ordered items such as T-shirts and stationery for its promotional events.
On one occasion, Khoo received S$30,000 in cash from Liaw as a reward for helping Liaw secure a SPH contract, worth S$198,000, for the sale and purchase of 100,000 "coin-banks."
Khoo was dismissed from SPH in September 2010.
In a 29-page written mitigation plea, he was said to have been "very troubled and depressed" by the offenses before he voluntarily confessed to the authorities, including his employers at the Straits Times.
Khoo's lawyer, Mr Alfonso Ang, noted this in his plea, saying that his client was "genuine and remorseful" and "handed on a platter the case against himself to SPH and the authorities."
It was also stated in the plea that Khoo had since made full restitution to SPH for both the value of the vouchers and the monies he had corruptly received from Liaw.
Khoo will be sentenced on November 16.
- CNA/wm