Former SPH SVP Peter Khoo charged with corruption
By Alvina Soh | Posted: 26 June 2012 1050 hrs
SINGAPORE: Peter Khoo Chong Meng, former senior vice president of the English and Malay News Division at Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), was on Tuesday charged in court for corruption and criminal breach of trust.
Khoo faced eight counts of corruption and two counts of criminal breach of trust.
He is accused of taking illegal payments and misappropriating shopping vouchers handled by his editorial projects unit.
Khoo was dismissed from SPH in September 2010.
The prosecution said it would proceed with two counts of corruption and one count of criminal breach of trust.
Dressed in a long blue sleeved shirt, Khoo appeared grim as his charges were read out.
He declined to speak to the media.
Khoo will be back in court on 10 July.
- CNA/wm
By Alvina Soh | Posted: 26 June 2012 1050 hrs
SINGAPORE: Peter Khoo Chong Meng, former senior vice president of the English and Malay News Division at Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), was on Tuesday charged in court for corruption and criminal breach of trust.
Khoo faced eight counts of corruption and two counts of criminal breach of trust.
He is accused of taking illegal payments and misappropriating shopping vouchers handled by his editorial projects unit.
Khoo was dismissed from SPH in September 2010.
The prosecution said it would proceed with two counts of corruption and one count of criminal breach of trust.
Dressed in a long blue sleeved shirt, Khoo appeared grim as his charges were read out.
He declined to speak to the media.
Khoo will be back in court on 10 July.
- CNA/wm