4 men charged with forgery, submitting false documents for building works at Our Tampines Hub
At the time of the offences, two of the four men worked at the People's Association (PA), which is the lead agency for Our Tampines Hub.
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SINGAPORE: Four men were charged on Wednesday (Jan 31) for allegedly creating or submitting false procurement documents relating to the development of Our Tampines Hub, a project under the People’s Association (PA).
One of them, 67-year-old Seet Thong Kok, was a facilities manager with the term contractor engaged by PA for minor building works.
At the time of the offences between October 2017 and June 2019, Seet allegedly instigated the term contractor’s administrative staff to forge 18 quotations purportedly issued by other contractors.
According to the police, Seet had intended to deceive PA, a government statutory board, that the term contractor's quotation was the lowest of the three quotations for the building works.
Seet was charged with forgery offences. If found guilty, he could be jailed for up to four years and fined.
Our Tampines Hub opened in August 2017 and is Singapore's largest integrated community and lifestyle hub.
The three other men – Vincent Chang Yew Teck, 63, Lee Kian Wee, 51, and Soh Chun Kang, 42 – were also charged with offences relating to furnishing false information to a public servant.
At the time of the offences, Chang was a deputy director of facilities management at the PA, while Lee was a senior facilities manager of contracts at the PA.
The statutory board told CNA that both men were suspended in May 2021 and are no longer PA employees.
Soh was a senior key account manager of the then-managing agent engaged by the PA.
The trio are accused of engaging in a conspiracy to furnish backdated procurement documents to the Auditor-General’s Office (AGO) between December 2020 to February 2021, during the AGO’s audit of Our Tampines Hub development project.
A total of 142 allegedly backdated procurement documents were submitted to the AGO.
If found guilty, they could be jailed for up to six months and fined.
