SINGAPORE – A former employee of Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) who received bribes totalling $200,000 from various contractors has been sentenced to a total of two years and five monthsâ jail.
From June 2014 to May 2018, Goh Meng Kwee, 53, committed the offences to advance the companiesâ business interests with his then employer.
WRS, now known as Mandai Wildlife Group, manages major animal-related tourist attractions such as the Singapore Zoo and Night Safari.
On May 25, Goh, who is no longer working for the firm, was sentenced to two yearsâ jail and ordered to pay a $180,000 penalty.
He will have to spend an additional 18 weeks behind bars should he fail to pay the penalty.
He pleaded guilty to offences including multiple counts of graft involving $97,000.
They involved three men: Neo Chye Koon, Wong Chee Thiam and Ng Thiam Huat.
Deputy public prosecutors Eric Hu and Tan Jun Ya told the court that Goh was a senior project manager in WRSâ exhibit design department at the time of his offences.
He worked closely with the procurement department and was considered a âsubject matter expertâ on vendors and contractors.
His recommendations on which vendors should be engaged for jobs and projects done by WRS carried significant weight, the court heard.
In 2016, Neo and Wong, who were then directors at stainless steel fabrication firm Magnum Precision Industries, met Goh and agreed to give him inducements in return for jobs.
Neo and Wong, both 54 then, were each sentenced to seven monthsâ jail in October 2023 after pleading guilty to a graft charge involving Goh.
Goh first got to know Neo in 2016 at a social gathering.
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