Two former employees of Citiraya Industries have been fined and jailed after pleading guilty to bribery charges
Charles Sebastin Anthony Charles, a former mechanical crushing plant supervisor with the waste recycler, was given five months' jail and fined S$11,000.
This is for taking a total of S$11,000 in bribes from former Citiraya assistant general manager Ng Teck Boon to help divert e-waste material meant for crushing.
Seetoh Kwok Weng, who was a materials supervisor with Citiraya, was sentenced to 8 months' jail and fined S$18,000
He took S$18,000 in bribes from Ng.
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Marc Singleton, the ex-managing director of Performance Motors, has been fined almost S$300,000 for taking bribes. Another 10 charges of accepting watches, handphones, and S$3,000 as gifts were taken into consideration.
On September 21, Singleton was convicted on one charge of accepting bribes of S$78,000 from car distributor Teo Tian Seng to reappoint the company as a BMW dealer.
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WaitAMinute... I'm no lawyer, but...
5-8 mths of jail + fine for accepting $11,000-$18,000 in bribes, and only fine for accepting $78,000 in bribes.
Ok. I don't get it, the more bribes you take, the lesser your punishment? WTF?
Maybe if you get fined more, you get no jail time.
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