Company director jailed for role in corruption case involving DSO National Laboratories
Jason Chua Aik Leng, 67, previously pleaded guilty to one charge of abetting the corrupt giving of gratification.
A 67-year-old company director, Jason Chua Aik Leng, was jailed for 10 months and two weeks for his role in a corruption case involving DSO National Laboratories, Singapore's largest defence research and development organisation. Chua pleaded guilty to abetting the corrupt giving of gratification. The scheme involved indirectly bribing a staff member of DSO National Laboratories, Poh Beng San, by promising a token of appreciation if the contractor won the project.
Chua, the senior executive director and shareholder of Wah Loon Engineering, sub-contracted the fire protection portion of the $46 million project to Fire-Mech and gave about 1% of the contract price to an alleged DSO insider. The corruption scheme was exposed in February 2023 after a tip-off to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB).
Chua was granted bail for $100,000 and is expected to begin serving his sentence on November 23, 2023.
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