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SINGAPORE: A director of a preschool allegedly deceived the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) into disbursing more than S$14,000 (US$10,800) in childcare subsidies and falsified the enrolment and attendance information of several children.<\/p>\n
Hoo Sian Chin, a 46-year-old Malaysian and Singapore permanent resident, was charged on Wednesday (Jun 24) with six counts of cheating and four counts in relation to the falsification of records.<\/p>\n
Hoo was the director of Lighthouse Educare during the alleged offences committed between November 2017 and January 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He is accused of deceiving ECDA into delivering childcare subsidies to Lighthouse Educare \u2013 ranging from S$300 to S$7,400 \u2013 for children purportedly enrolled at the school.<\/p>\n
He is also accused of instigating someone named Gu Wenhui to make false entries by falsely recording a child’s attendance in the preschool’s records for the period between July 2018 and October 2018.<\/p>\n
In March 2019 and February 2020, Hoo allegedly made false entries on his own while recording the attendance of children in the company records.<\/p>\n
He did not indicate how he would plead, but asked for time to seek legal advice.<\/p>\n
The case was adjourned to July.<\/p>\n
If convicted of cheating, he could be jailed for up to 10 years and fined.<\/p>\n
If convicted of falsifying records as an officer, he could be jailed for up to 10 years or fined, or both.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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