Former Singapore Land Transport Authority director charged with taking S$1.24m in bribes, cheating colleagues of S$726,000
Henry Foo Yung Thye is believed to have lied to his colleagues that he needed loans to repay his gambling debts. — TODAY pic
Foo, 46, was charged with 22 counts of taking bribes in the form of loans — totalling about S$1.24 million — from LTA’s contractors or sub-contractors between 2014 and 2019. In addition, Foo is facing 13 cheating charges. Between 2008 and 2019, he allegedly cheated various colleagues into giving him about S$726,500 in loans.
While the prosecution sought S$500,000 bail, District Judge Terence Tay said that this was “somewhat excessive” and offered half that amount. Foo had asked for a lower bail amount, as he wanted to see his children.Most of the other individuals and the company charged yesterday are accused of bribing Foo to advance their business interests with LTA:
Pay Teow Heng, 52, and Pek Lian Guan, 55, are accused of conspiring to give Foo S$350,000 in bribes. Pay was the director of civil engineering firm Tiong Seng Contractors, and Pek was its managing director
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