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Andrew Tee Fook Boon (above) is alleged to have given monthly bribe payments to Mr Leng Kah Poh, a manager of Ikano, between December 2002 and July last year. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
<!-- story content : start --> A BUSINESSMAN was brought to court on Friday on 80 charges of corruptly giving bribes totalling $2.3 million to an Ikea manager over seven years.Andrew Tee Fook Boon, 44, is alleged to have given monthly bribe payments to Mr Leng Kah Poh, a manager of Ikano, between December 2002 and July last year.Tee, whose company AT35 Services supplied food products to Ikea restaurants managed by Ikano, is said to have committed the offences with one Lim Kim Seng, a friend.
The alleged payments were given to Mr Leng as rewards to being partial in placing orders for food products with AT35 Services on 35 occasions.Subsequently on 45 occasions from September 2005 to July last year, food orders were placed with both AT35 and Food Royale Trading, which is also managed by Tee.Tee, who is represented by Mr Chen Chee Yen, was granted bail of $300,000. A pre-trial conference is set for July 16.Both Mr Leng and Mr Lim have not been charged. If convicted, Tee faces a fine of up to $100,000 and/or a jail term of up to five years on each charge.
Ikea's ex-food supplier admits to 12 graft charges
Dec 30, 2010
Ikea's ex-food supplier admits to 12 graft charges
By Elena Chong
Between January 2003 and July 2009, both Tee and Mr Lim had - on 80 occasions - given Mr Leng sums of money derived from the profits made by the two firms to Mr Leng, for being partial in placing orders for food products on behalf of Ikea. --ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
A BUSINESSMAN who faced 80 corruption charges involving $2.4 million has admitted to 12 counts of giving a total of $761,020 to the then-food services manager of Ikano, the franchisee of a company which owns and operates Ikea.
Andrew Tee Fook Boon, 44, together with one Lim Kim Seng, gave bribes of between $53,320 and $91,870 to Mr Leng Kah Poh, then a manager with Ikano, to be partial in placing orders for food products with two companies, AT35 Services and Food Royale Trading.
In 2002, Tee, who owns AT35, was introduced to Mr Leng by Mr Lim, who had been providing cleaning services to Ikea's restaurant in Alexandra Road.
Mr Lim told Mr Leng that AT35 Services was keen to become Ikea's food supplier.
Subsequently, it was agreed that if AT35 Services were selected, Tee and Mr Lim would reward Mr Leng with one-third of any profits earned from AT35 Services' dealings with Ikea.
The other two-thirds of the firm's monthly gross profit would be shared equally between Tee and Mr Lim.
AT35 Services began supplying food products to Ikea from November 2002.
Another company, Food Royale Trading, was set up three years later to take over part of AT35 Services' business by supplying dry food items and sauces to Ikea.
Between January 2003 and July 2009, both Tee and Mr Lim had - on 80 occasions - given Mr Leng sums of money derived from the profits made by the two firms to Mr Leng, for being partial in placing orders for food products on behalf of Ikea.
Tee can be fined up to $100,000 and/or jailed for up to five years on each charge.
District Judge Kessler Soh adjourned the case to Jan 20 for mitigation and possible sentencing.
Businessman Andrew Tee Fook Boon, who is accused of 80 counts of giving bribes totalling $2.4 million to a former food services manager over more than 6 1/2 years, pleaded guilty to 12 charges on 30 December 2010. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
A BUSINESSMAN who gave an astronomical $2.4 million to Ikea's food services manager over a six-year period was jailed and fined on Friday for corruption.
Andrew Tee Fook Boon, 44, had pleaded guilty to 12 counts of corruption involving $761,020.
Tee, owner of AT35 Services, gave monthly bribes to Mr Chris Leng Kah Poh, then Ikano's food services manager, for him to be partial in placing orders for food products with AT35 and Food Royale Trading.
His alleged accomplice, Mr Lim Kim Seng, has not been dealt with. Tee, whose scrap metal and waste material disposal business was not doing well, accepted Mr Lim's business proposition in 2002 to supply food - comprising mainly raw marinated chicken wings - to Ikea.
The food supply trade was originally operated by Mr Lim's brother. Mr Lim had told Tee that he did not want to openly appear as having any interest in the food supply business because he already had a cleaning services business with Ikea. The court heard that Food Royale Trading was set up in 2005 to take over part of AT35's business.
Between January 2003 and July 2009, both Tee and Mr Lim had, on 80 occasions, given Mr Leng sums of money derived from the profits made by AT and/or Food Royale from the business dealings with Ikea. Tee had paid $1 million compensation to Ikano, said his lawyer Jason Lim. He could have been fined up to $100,000 and/or jailed for up to five years on each charge.
