{"id":63293,"date":"2026-06-24T07:42:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T23:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=63293"},"modified":"2026-06-24T07:42:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T23:42:59","slug":"four-individuals-charged-with-alleged-corruption-in-the-construction-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=63293","title":{"rendered":"Four Individuals Charged with Alleged Corruption In The Construction Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>On 23 June 2026, four individuals were charged in Court for alleged corruption<br \/>\noffences. They are:<\/p>\n<p>a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Xu Ling Fang (\u201cXu\u201d)<\/strong> (\u8bb8\u73b2\u65b9, 41-year-old<br \/>\nmale Chinese national and Singapore Permanent Resident), Director of AJ<br \/>\nResources Pte Ltd and Ann Tat Builders Pte Ltd (\u201cAnn Tat\u201d) at the material<br \/>\ntime of the offences;<\/p>\n<p>b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Alfred Hau Wuei Cherng (\u201cHau\u201d)<\/strong> (\u4faf\u4f1f\u57ce,<br \/>\n39-year-old male Malaysian and Singapore Permanent Resident), Director<br \/>\nof FHL Engineering Pte Ltd (\u201cFHLE\u201d) and FHL Builders Pte Ltd (\u201cFHLB\u201d) at<br \/>\nthe material time of the offences;<\/p>\n<p>c)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Oh Kok Hua (\u201cOh\u201d)<\/strong> (\u80e1\u56fd\u534e, 53-year-old<br \/>\nmale Singaporean), a Quantity Surveyor in the employ of Penta Ocean Construction<br \/>\nCo. Ltd (\u201cPenta Ocean\u201d) at the material time of the offences; and<\/p>\n<p>d)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Kou Hou<\/strong> (\u5411\u5cf0, 57-year-old male<br \/>\nJapanese), a Construction Manager in the employ of Penta Ocean at the material<br \/>\ntime of the offences.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Alleged Corruption Offences Involving Xu and Hau<\/em><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>2. In 2024, on two occasions, Xu had given bribes totalling S$5,800 to<br \/>\nHau as a reward for engaging Ann Tat for jobs from FHLB and FHLE.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0For their alleged actions, Xu faces two charges for offences under<br \/>\nSection 6(b) of the <em>Prevention of Corruption Act (\u201cPCA\u201d)<\/em>, while<br \/>\nHau faces two charges under Section 6(a) of the <em>PCA<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Alleged Corruption Offences Involving Hau, Oh and Kou Hou<\/em><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0On 18 March 2025, Hau allegedly abetted by engaging in a conspiracy<br \/>\nwith Oh to give a bribe of S$1,000 to Kou Hou. The bribe was a reward for<br \/>\nKou Hou to facilitate the setting up of a vending machine at the construction<br \/>\nsite of the Air Traffic Control Centre.<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0For their alleged actions, Hau and Oh face one charge each under<br \/>\nSection 6(b) read with Section 29(a) of the <em>PCA<\/em>, while Kou Hou<br \/>\nfaces one charge under Section 6(a) of the <em>PCA<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0Singapore adopts a strict zero-tolerance approach towards corruption.<br \/>\nAny person convicted of a corruption offence under Section 6 of the <em>PCA <\/em>can<br \/>\nbe fined up to S$100,000 or sentenced to imprisonment not exceeding five<br \/>\nyears or both.<\/p>\n<p>7. The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) looks into all corruption-related<br \/>\ncomplaints and reports, <strong><u>including anonymous ones<\/u><\/strong>,<br \/>\nand can be reached via the following channels:<\/p>\n<p>a) Lodge an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpib.gov.sg\/e-services\/e-complaint-for-corrupt-conduct\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u>e-Complaint<\/u><\/a>;<br \/>\n<br \/>b) Email us at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpib.gov.sg\/four-individuals-charged-with-alleged-corruption-in-the-construction-sector\/mailto:report@cpib.gov.sg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u>report@cpib.gov.sg<\/u><\/a>;\u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/>c) Call the Duty Officer at 1800-376-0000; or<br \/>\n<br \/>5) Write to us at the CPIB Headquarters @ 2 Lengkok Bahru, S159047.<\/p>\n<p>8. Where possible, the report should include the following information:<\/p>\n<p>a) Where, when and how did the alleged corrupt act happen?<br \/>\n<br \/>b) Who was involved and what were their roles?<br \/>\n<br \/>c) What was the bribe given and the favour shown?<\/p>\n<p>9. Under the law, the identity of the person making the report is protected,<br \/>\nexcept where the court finds that the person has intentionally made a false<br \/>\nstatement in his or her report. Informers may choose to remain anonymous<br \/>\nwhen making the report.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpib.gov.sg\/four-individuals-charged-with-alleged-corruption-in-the-construction-sector\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 23 June 2026, four individuals were charged in Court for alleged corruption offences. They are: a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Xu Ling Fang (\u201cXu\u201d) (\u8bb8\u73b2\u65b9, 41-year-old male Chinese&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}