Ex-technical officer charged with corruption and deceiving CAAS

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Ex-technical officer charged with corruption and deceiving CAAS

Published on Mar 11, 2015 11:24 AM

Henry Goh Keng Hwee, 44, a former technical officer with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and Changi Airport Group, was charged with corruption and deceiving the authority with quotations that were not intended to be genuine offers. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

By Elena Chong

SINGAPORE - A former technical officer with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Changi Airport Group (CAG) was charged on Wednesday with corruption and deceiving the authority with quotations that were not intended to be genuine offers.

Henry Goh Keng Hwee, 44, faces six charges of corruptly accepting bribes of at least $43,780 from Mr Kang Leong Chuan, a director of Fire-Mech, in return for helping the company secure multiple contracts with the CAAS/CAG and for giving Mr Kang extra time to prepare quotations for the work.

The alleged offences took place between October 2008 and early 2011.

He is also accused of 22 counts of using false quotations with the intention to deceive and mislead CAAS/CAG that Fire-Mech had provided the cheapest quotes for the work required.