SINGAPORE – Six employees of Hyundai Engineering & Construction were charged in court on June 12 over allegations that they accepted or attempted to obtain bribes concerning unsafe work acts.
The employees, aged between 29 and 53, were charged with various offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Criminal Procedure Code.
Shaheen, a 32-year-old Bangladeshi who goes by only one name, was handed 15 charges, the most among the six men.
According to court documents, the Hyundai safety coordinator accepted or attempted to obtain bribes of about $6,200 from other safety coordinators employed by various subcontractors involved in a Labrador Villa Road project.
Shaheen is said to have acted corruptly on multiple occasions between July 2023 and April 2024.
Among other things, he allegedly accepted bribes for not issuing safety administrative charges for unsafe work acts, and for allowing a worker to re-enter the site to work after he was banned for committing an unsafe act at the site.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction is the main contractor behind the Labrador Villa Road project, which features South-east Asia’s largest underground substation to date – the area of four football fields – and a 34-storey commercial tower.
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