6 months’ jail for fish wholesale firm owner who gave bribes to FairPrice senior team leader
SINGAPORE - Over a period of more than seven years, the owner of a fish wholesale firm gave bribes to a senior team leader at supermarket chain FairPrice to induce the latter to buy more fish from his business.gave at least $43,500 in bribes to Lim Kian Kok.He had pleaded guilty in February to two graft charges involving at least $12,000 in total. Six other similar charges involving the remaining amount were taken into consideration during sentencing.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Pei Wei said Lim had been tasked to oversee FairPrice’s buying operations at Jurong Fishery Port. Some time in or around July 2013, Lim told Heah that he would buy more fish from Ocean Trust if Heah gave him money.The DPP added that Heah would place the cash in an envelope and give it to Lim in person at places including Jurong Fishery Port when no one else was around.Earlier, DPP Tan had urged the court to sentence Heah to jail of between eight months and a year, stressing that he had committed the offences for personal gain.
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