SINGAPORE — For a period of about eight years from 2013, Andrew Lim Kian Kok, then a senior team leader at NTUC FairPrice, asked for bribes from fish suppliers in exchange for him procuring more fish and seafood from them on behalf of the supermarket chain.
Lim, 48, also recruited his subordinate See Hock Lam, 70, in his scheme and both corruptly obtained at least S$523,000 from the suppliers, splitting the ill-gotten gains between the two of them.Lim was sentenced to 53 months’ jail and a penalty of nearly S$290,000 after pleading guilty to two counts of corruptly obtaining gratification and 10 counts of abetment by conspiracy of corruptly obtaining gratification.An additional 580 days’ imprisonment will be imposed if Lim does not pay the penalty.
As his bailor was not present, District Judge Kow Keng Siong adjourned his case for sentencing to Apr 10.employed at NTUC FairPrice from 2007 to end 2020, and was promoted to senior team leader from July 2013. Sometime after Lim was promoted to senior leader, he approached See with an offer to make more money and told him his plans, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Pei Wei.
All suppliers related to the case have been charged, except for two people, Tay Wee Chew and Lim Gim Heng, according to court documents. In Lim's mitigation plea, his defence lawyers Sng Kheng Huat and Rajwin Singh Sandhu from Sng & Company sought a lower sentence of 32 months' jail, adding that their client has demonstrated remorse by pleading guilty and voluntarily submitted S$180,000 to the authorities.the potential harm caused, Mr Sng said that there was no evidence to show that the products bought might not have been the best or they were in any way compromised.
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