Former MFA official jailed 15 months for falsifying claims
SINGAPORE — Former Ministry of Foreign Affairs chief of protocol Lim Cheng Hoe was today (Feb 20) sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment for multiple counts of cheating by inflating expense claims over the purchase of pineapple tarts and wines.
Lim Cheng Hoe. Photo: Ernest Chua
SINGAPORE — Former Ministry of Foreign Affairs chief of protocol Lim Cheng Hoe was today (Feb 20) sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment for multiple counts of cheating by inflating expense claims over the purchase of pineapple tarts and wines.
The 61-year-old had submitted false expense claims between February 2008 and May 2012.
He made claims for more than 10,000 boxes of pineapple tarts when only 2,200 boxes were used as gifts to foreign officials.
As for the bottles of wine, Lim used genuine receipts but he purchased more bottles than he had planned to bring on his official overseas trips.
He made claims for 248 bottles of wine but had bought only 89.
The maximum punishment for cheating by inflating claims as a public servant is a 10-year jail term and a fine for each charge. CHANNEL NEWSASIA
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