SAF Med Officer Convicted as Carpark Coupon Cheat

[Timex1441]

Don't think this was reported in the english newspapers...(the Chinese evening papers only reported it after an anonymous tip)

He got a SAF scholarship to study medicine. And apparently this isn't the first time he's caught cheating using tampered carpark coupons.

Anyone got insider details on this case?

 

[Mllcg]

first loan shark runner

 

now coupon cheat

 

next?

[Rncw]

next is orh gwee tau...aka pimp

[Timex1441]

if he can cheat now, imagine wat he can do when he's in some senior management position (whether as doctor or soldier)....

[Jman888]

if he can cheat now, imagine wat he can do when he's in some senior management position (whether as doctor or soldier)....

 

 

at most he charge $24 million to a royal client, he won't be the first anyway

[Versatile]

next is go geylang to ease his itch but doesnt want to pay.

[Whathefish]

if convicted will he get terminated by SAF?

[Branteo]

Should he be convicted, I'll be tempted to write in to Mindef to enquire if his scholarship still stands? And if he faces subsequent punishment.

 

Mindef funds does come from the public, and as a member of the public, I'm most intrigued to see if the money is well spent.

[Timex1441]

if convicted will he get terminated by SAF?

heard tat SAF is really short of doctors....so my guess is they'll keep him (since he's bonded) and work him to death...haha

[Kelpie]

heard tat SAF is really short of doctors....so my guess is they'll keep him (since he's bonded) and work him to death...haha

 

Then who suffers? the taxpayers cum reservist (ourselves) .

 

Regards,

[Whathefish]

heard tat SAF is really short of doctors....so my guess is they'll keep him (since he's bonded) and work him to death...haha

he's fark....

[Karu]

A few dollars also want to cheat??? Cheapskate doc!!!

[Ahtong]

Maybe the MO can start a sideline selling PES E. I will be his first customer

[Hyu]

thought papers already reported that he only got few hundred fine...

this world is so unfair ...

[Fierydog2002]

wows. SAF is not as disclipine as it seem to be.

 

during my time, there is a SSG convicted of theft during life run.

 

think mindef should do something about this group of regulars which bought bad name.

[Watwheels]

Cheapskate.

[Altivo]

Got all kinds lah

 

Singapore Armed Force lieutenant-colonel charged with fake bids

 

The Straits Times, 26 September 2003

 

A Singapore Armed Forces lieutenant-colonel has been charged with 67 counts of corruption over fake quotations submitted for repair works in the training areas under his command.

 

Yesterday, Lt-Col Ong Beng Leong, 43, was accused of submitting the fake bids to deceive the SAF.

 

The alleged scam saw Lt-Col Ong, who was authorised to award contracts up to a certain value, colluding with a contractor friend, who eventually secured the deals.

 

They are said to have sought to exploit the tender system, which requires a contract to be awarded to the lowest of three bids.

 

The contractor prepared the fake quotations in the names of two other companies and handed them to the officer. This allegedly enabled Lt-Col Ong to award contracts to his friend, who had already submitted the lowest bid.

 

The 67 false quotations involved bids amounting to a total of almost $1.2 million.

 

The officer submitted 44 quotations under the name of Gin Huat Company and 23 under that of Precise Development, between January 2001 and December 2001.

 

Lt-Col Ong, who was the former commanding officer of the Training Resource Management Centre, which is based at the Pasir Laba camp, was responsible for maintaining SAF training areas.

 

Two weeks ago, the contractor Ong Chye Tab, 62, pleaded guilty to six charges of corruption, with 61 other charges taken into consideration. He will be sentenced next Tuesday.

 

He admitted in court that he had had an arrangement with Lt-Col Ong - he would supply him with false quotations and the officer would submit them to the SAF.

 

The contractor had instructed his secretary, Khoo Swee Im, to create fictitious quotations in the name of Precise Development and Gin Huat using fake letterheads.

 

These quotations would reflect higher bid amounts than those submitted by his own company, Sin Hiaptat Construction, of which he was the sole proprietor.

 

The contractor was awarded 59 contracts worth more than $570,000, which included works for concrete paving and drainage improvement.

 

It was not said in court if Lt-Col Ong, who the Defence Ministry said has been suspended, had benefited monetarily from the arrangement.

 

Khoo pleaded guilty to two charges of forgery and was sentenced to four months' jail.

 

Lt-Col Ong, who was calm as the charges were read out to him yesterday, is out on bail of $20,000 and will be back in court on Oct 17.

 

The penalty for each charge of corruption is a maximum fine of $100,000 or a maximum jail term of five years, or both.

 

ST

May 4, 2007

SAF officer exposed himself in school

 

A SINGAPORE Armed Forces (SAF) captain yesterday admitted trespassing in a school and exposing himself to teenage girls there.

Ong Chun Kiat, 27, who faces five charges, pleaded guilty to one count of criminal trespass and two of insulting the modesty of women in the school on Aug 12, 2005.

That day, he drove into the school compound though he has no legitimate purpose to be there, said Assistant Public Prosecutor Sasha Lee Kok San.

He did not report his presence to school personnel and went to the toilets near a ground floor canteen.

He loitered for a while before walking into the men's toilet, planting himself at the first urinal - which is visible from the entrance to the women's toilet.

He pulled down his trousers and underwear to the thighs, exposing his behind to a female student on her way to the women's toilet.

A few minutes later, another girl leaving the toilet spotted Ong, who turned around and exposed himself to her.

Shocked, she retreated into the toilet. The two girls stayed inside for a few minutes and when they left, Ong was gone.

But he returned on Aug 23 and exposed himself to another girl, who later made a police report.

In mitigation yesterday, Ong's lawyer, Mr Gregory Vijayendran, said his client had an impeccable record, even winning a Ministry of Defence study award in 2000 to pursue his education overseas.

Asking that Ong not be jailed, he added that he was struggling with depression at the time of the offences as a result of a failed relationship.

He has been to a consultant psychiatrist - Dr Y.C. Lim - and is undergoing counselling.

District Judge Lee Poh Choo adjourned the case to June 7 to await a progress report from Dr Lim.

She said: 'I take into account that he is young, a brilliant young man, and his future is in jeopardy over this unexplained behaviour.'

She also sought an assurance that Ong would not repeat such behaviour.

Edited February 24, 2011 by Altivo

[Acemundo]

at most he charge $24 million to a royal client, he won't be the first anyway