SINGAPORE – A maintenance executive of a columbarium in Bishan has been charged with cheating over allegations that he conspired with a director of a construction firm to cheat the Chinese cemetery out of more than $1.6 million.
Ching Wai Leng, 81, the head of maintenance at Kwong Wai Siew Peck San Theng columbarium, and Alagappan Muthu, 53, a director at KKV Construction, were each handed nine cheating charges in the District Court on April 16.
The pair had allegedly tricked the president of the columbarium on multiple occasions in 2023 into sub-contracting jobs that KKV Construction secured to construction and waterproofing provider Asiabuild Enterprises, a company Ching owned.
The case has been fixed for a pre-trial conference on May 21, after the pair indicated their intent to dispute all the charges they are facing.
