Official Faces Life in Jail as Singapore Deters Graft
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Singapore may send a former government executive to prison for life to protect its graft-free image, after jailing the first of his alleged accomplices in a decade-long scam for 10 years.
Ho Yen Teck, 31, was sentenced on Jan. 14 for his part in cheating three government agencies of more than S$12.5 million ($9.7 million), the city’s biggest public-sector graft case since 1995. Prosecutors say Koh Seah Wee, a former deputy director at the Singapore Land Authority, masterminded the fraud, which has “severely shaken the public confidence” in government controls. Koh, whose trial hasn’t been set, faces 372 charges, each of which carries a maximum term of up to 10 years.