Durai loses appeal, starts jail term on June 10

[User12343]

goodbye jailbird

 

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BT 31/5

 

FORMER National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chief TT Durai has failed in his appeal against a corruption conviction and will have to serve a three-month jail term starting June 10.

 

The High Court yesterday dismissed Durai's appeal against the conviction and the jail term, with Justice Tay Yong Kwang saying he found no reason to disagree with the conclusion of the trial judge.

 

District Judge Aedit Abdullah found the former NKF chief guilty of corruption in June last year, based mainly on the testimony of key witness David Tan.

 

Mr Tan, a long-time friend of Durai, owned the design firm DTC to which Durai issued a false invoice for $20,000 in June 2007. The court found that Durai asked Mr Tan to draw up the invoice for design work at NKF centres to trick the charity into paying his friend. When pressed on the witness stand, Mr Tan could not say what work was done.

 

Judge Aedit said the offence was serious because it involved a charity's funds.

 

Justice Tay agreed with that verdict yesterday, saying Durai was 'in a position of trust and authority' at NKF and the money in question belonged to a charity whose funds come from trusting donors.

 

He dismissed Durai's arguments that a custodial sentence would affect his ability to repay his debts to NKF. Durai owes the charity $4.05 million after losing a civil suit last year filed by NKF.

 

The former NKF chief will start serving his jail term on June 10. The court allowed him to defer the sentence as his elderly mother is having an operation next Tuesday.

 

The former NKF chief faces a second charge of corruption for allegedly using a false invoice to approve a $5,000 payment from the charity to an advertising company called DecisionOne.

 

The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years' jail and/or a $100,000 fine.

 

Durai is now working for Property Facility Services, a real estate management company, and is starting a firm in the United Arab Emirates offering health care and human resource services in the Middle East. He is its chief executive officer, based full-time in Abu Dhabi, with a pay packet of $25,000 a month.

[Nullifi3d]

Honestly, and this is just my opinion, he got a a pinch compared to what he really deserves.

[Celicapimp]

this type of high-class conman still got people want hire him? 25k a month? must be times lesser than what he got in NKF.

[Tommyjen]

I will not be surprised if he do another 'Prison Break'.. we have had enough 'lessons' from previous experience.. if this time he managed to run away, i think we must start asking Mr. "this is an honest mistake" to leave his post.

[Yoongf]

Did u all noticed?

 

Whatever he did... about controlling the board of directors.. high salary.. all those issues that got donors upset.. was investigated and found to be "nothing wrong"?

 

This jail term is related to the charge of "false invoice", which is not exactly a big deal.

 

Now.. the 2nd charge yet to prosecute.. of "corruption".. can be made to be a big deal, if that's the desire outcome.

[Celicapimp]

Has Richard Yong finished his jailterm?

 

Durian need no prison break..mabbe flee to India ..just like Yong fled to HK.

[Celicapimp]

u never read Mrs Goh said his salary peanuts meh? he deserve high salary to justify for his glorious "contributions"

[Maxus-MIFA9]

Wa...... can choose date to go jail har....

 

"kua hong chwee"...... , high class is really high class one hor.....

[Gnoikj]

Erm..Dr Chee also can choose which day to go jail leh...u saying he very high class ah?

[Maxus-MIFA9]

Dr Chee also can choose which day to go jail leh...u saying he very high class ah?

 

 

er..... they can't stand his , so.... let him chose his date lar...... . Could consider as an elite hor....

 

How many of us can , in public......

 

 

Edited June 1, 2008 by Picnic06

[Kezg1]

He deserve more then that...lie to the public,conned the donors $$ for his own.... in fact every dollar donated only 10 Cent was used to subsidised.

He damm F**K arrogant and sued people for slander even it was true.... after the trial in court.

He ought to be

[Tigershark1976]

3 months jail???? i wonder how the judge think that 3 mths jail term is enough for him.... vendalise plp car alrd kena cane (remember the case happend last time? involved the Austrialian kids?), corruption involved such big sum of money kena only 3 mths... den dun wait liao, if got chance, must do the same thing... even 3 yrs jail also worth...

[Hutan]

what u expected? kill ppl (langar) also 3 mths niaa

[Tploh]

I would like to exchange 3 months in my life for the peanuts he had gained from NKF.

 

suffer 3 months, then can pension liao !

[Albeniz]

Any updates on Renci's probes?

[Mzrmazda3]

3 Months???

[Porker]

u never read Mrs Goh said his salary peanuts meh? he deserve high salary to justify for his glorious "contributions"

 

Thats becos she likes to play with his peanuts last time thats why its justified

[Sabian]

u never read Mrs Goh said his salary peanuts meh? he deserve high salary to justify for his glorious "contributions"

 

what is glorious contribtuion? issit like cleanising facial or health serum?

Edited June 1, 2008 by Sabian