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SINGAPORE \u2013 A director at a charity allegedly engaged in a conspiracy with a man to commit cheating and multiple counts of extortion.<\/p>\n
Benjie Ng Ser Kwei, 71, is the owner of The Golden Tree Foundation as well as a director and shareholder at Soon Thian Keing (Tua Konsi), according to the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority.<\/p>\n
Ng and Jovel Lim Yi\u2019an, 39, were each charged with three counts of extortion and one count of cheating on May 29.<\/p>\n
The Golden Tree Foundation deals with philanthropic trusts, while Soon Thian Keing (Tua Konsi) is linked to the Soon Thian Kheng temple in Geylang.<\/p>\n
No information was available on Lim.<\/p>\n
They are accused of working together on Feb 10, 2025, to try to cheat a man by falsely claiming to be from the \u201cPAP public policy forum\u201d.<\/p>\n
Ng and Lim allegedly did so in an attempt to induce him to make a donation. The amount involved was not stated in court documents.<\/p>\n
They are also said to have worked together to commit extortion in February 2025 involving three people \u2013 a woman and two other men.<\/p>\n
Ng and Lim purportedly tried to put the trio \u201cin fear of injury to (their) reputation\u201d by informing them that they would be \u201cinvestigated\u201d if they did not make a financial contribution.<\/p>\n
The alleged amount was at least $10,000 in the woman\u2019s case and $50,000 in the case involving one of the men.<\/p>\n
Court documents did not disclose any monetary amount in the case allegedly involving the other man.<\/p>\n
The documents also did not state which organisations Ng and Lim were representing at the time of their alleged offences.<\/p>\n
Their cases have been adjourned to June 26.<\/p>\n
For each count of extortion, an offender can be jailed for between two and five years, and caned.<\/p>\n
Ng, however, cannot be caned as he is over 50 years old.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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