Four Individuals Charged for Alleged Corruption Offences

On 7 February 2025, the following four individuals were charged in Court for alleged offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act:

a) Edmund Wong Zhao Hui (“Wong”) (黄照辉, 37-year-old male Malaysian and Singapore Permanent Resident), Senior Technician of Resorts World at Sentosa Pte Ltd (“RWS”) at the material time;

b) Vivian Ng Xin Ying (“Ng”) (王芯颖, 29-year-old female Malaysian), Sales & Marketing Executive at Hi-Power Industries Pte Ltd (“HPI”) at the material time;

c) Antuny Chua Yun Yuan (“Chua”) (蔡昀岏, 40-year-old male Singaporean), Director of Cheng Qing Engineering Pte Ltd (“CQPL”) at the material time; and

d) Victor Yong Zhaoyi (“Yong”) (杨召义, 37-year-old male Singaporean), Facility Engineer of Digital Singapore Jurong East Pte Ltd (“DR”) at the material time.

Alleged Corruption Offences relating to HPI

2. In September 2021, Ng allegedly accepted a bribe of S$4,491 from Chua as a reward for helping CQPL to obtain discounted battery rates for the supply of 162 pieces of Vision Lead batteries from HPI’s battery supplier.

3. Sometime in March 2022, Chua allegedly gave a bribe of S$1,300 to Ng as a reward for obtaining discounted battery rates for the supply of two sets of Nickel Cadmium batteries from another battery supplier of HPI’s sister company.

Alleged Corruption Offences relating to RWS

4. On eight occasions between March and June 2022, Chua and Ng allegedly conspired to offer an unspecified sum of bribe money to Wong, as an inducement to further CQPL’s business interests with RWS.

Alleged Corruption Offences relating to DR

5. Between March and April 2022, Chua allegedly offered to give a bribe of S$20,000 to Yong as an inducement for helping CQPL secure a Uninterrupted Power Supply Batteries Cyclic Replacement job, and had allegedly given another bribe of S$300 in July 2022 to Yong as a reward for helping CQPL secure a Genset Batteries Cyclic Replacement job.

6. On separate occasions from April to June 2022, Yong allegedly attempted to obtain an unspecified amount of bribe money from Chua, as an inducement to help CQPL secure an office renovation job. Sometime in September 2022, Chua also allegedly gave a bribe of S$200 to Yong as a reward for helping CQPL secure a job to replace 12 pieces of Optima Red top batteries.

7. In May 2022, Chua allegedly conspired with Ng to agree to give an unspecified sum of bribe money to Yong as an inducement to engage CQPL for a Battery Monitoring System job. In September 2022, Chua further allegedly conspired with Ng to agree to give a bribe of S$70 for every piece of Siemens Battery Fuse Links sold to Yong as an inducement to engage CQPL for the purchase of the said Siemens Battery Fuse Links. On a separate occasion, Chua and Ng also allegedly conspired to give a bribe of S$3,000 to Yong as a reward for engaging CQPL to replace Genset String A batteries at DR.

8. In July 2022, Yong allegedly gave a bribe of S$100 to another facility engineer at DR, to refrain from reporting him for receiving monies from Chua for the scraping of disposed batteries.

9. For their actions, Wong faces one charge under Section 6(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act amalgamated under Section 124(4) of the Criminal Procedure Code. Ng and Yong face two charges and seven charges, respectively, under Section 6(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, with Yong facing an additional charge under Section 5(b)(i) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Chua faces five charges under Section 6(b) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, and Chua and Ng each face four additional charges under Section 6(b) read with Section 29(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, one of which is amalgamated under Section 124(4) of the Criminal Procedure Code.

10. Singapore adopts a strict zero-tolerance approach towards corruption. Any person convicted of a corruption offence under Section 5(b)(i) and Section 6 of the Prevention of Corruption Act can be fined up to S$100,000 or sentenced to imprisonment of up to five years or both.

11. Organisations are strongly advised to put in place robust procedures, in areas such as procurement and internal audit, to prevent falling victim to corrupt acts by their employees. Guidance for organisations on measures to prevent corruption can be found in PACT: A Practical Anti-Corruption Guide for Businesses in Singapore, which is available on CPIB’s website. Organisations are also strongly encouraged to obtain certification under the Singapore Standard (SS) ISO 37001 – Anti-Bribery Management Systems, which is designed to help organisations implement or enhance an anti-bribery management system to reduce corporate risk and costs related to bribery.

Reference Links:

• PACT: https://www.cpib.gov.sg/research-room/publications/anti-corruption-guide-for-businesses/

• SS ISO 37001: https://www.cpib.gov.sg/research-room/publications/ss-iso-37001/