$5k fine for woman who lied to officer amid probe involving Tiong Bahru Football Club

Lau, also a Malaysian, was working for an accounting and auditing services firm when he forged his then boss’ signature on an independent auditor’s report for Woodlands Wellington Football Club.

The cases involving Singaporeans Sng Kian Peng, 46, and Gary Tan Eng Chin, 49, are still pending.

In the current case, Deputy Public Prosecutor Gavin Ezra Goh told the court that as TBFC’s general manager, Kaw’s tasks included checking and updating its financial records.

According to court documents, SportSG’s senior legal counsel lodged the report shortly before 8pm on April 19, 2017.

The next day, CAD officers raided Kaw’s home, but she was out at the time.

At around 4pm, one of them called Kaw’s work mobile phone and told her to come home.

Kaw then handed the work phone to a colleague and did as she was told.

She later handed her personal mobile phone to the CAD officer but made no mention about her work phone.

At around 4.40pm, the female officer realised that the number she had earlier dialled was not linked to Kaw’s personal phone.

The officer and her colleague asked Kaw if she owned any other mobile phones.

Kaw then lied to the pair, saying that she owned only her personal phone.

She also falsely claimed the number the officer had earlier dialled was linked to a mobile phone belonging to a non-existent colleague known as “Serin”.

The officer later asked Kaw for the location of Serin’s mobile phone.

Kaw then called a colleague, asking the latter to lie for her by confirming that the work phone belonged to Serin.

At around 5pm, the officer asked Kaw’s domestic helper about her employeer’s mobile phone number. The helper then replied that the work phone belonged to Kaw.

DPP Goh said: “When (the officer) again asked the accused for the location of the work phone, the accused continued to lie. This time, she falsely claimed that she had thrown the (device) away.”

After further questioning, Kaw finally came clean and admitted that Serin did not exist.

She also admitted that the work phone was with one of her colleagues.

CAD officer later retrieved the device and Kaw was arrested on April 21, 2017.