SINGAPORE — Four men were charged on Wednesday (Jan 31) over creating or submitting false procurement documents relating to the development of Our Tampines Hub, a project under the People’s Association.

At the time of the offences between October 2017 and June 2019, Seet Thong Kok, 67, was a facilities manager with the term contractor engaged by PA for minor works.

He allegedly instigated the term contractor’s administrative staff to forge 18 quotations purportedly issued by other contractors.

The police said Seet had intended to deceive PA that the term contractor's quotation was the lowest of the three quotations for the building works.

Seet was charged with forgery offences. If found guilty, he could be jailed for up to four years and fined.

Three other men — Vincent Chang Yew Teck, 63, Lee Kian Wee, 51, and Soh Chun Kang, 42 — were also charged with offences relating to furnishing false information to a public servant.

Chang was a deputy director of facilities management at the PA, while Lee was a senior facilities manager of contracts at the PA. 

Soh was a senior key account manager of the then-managing agent engaged by the PA.

The trio are accused of engaging in a conspiracy to furnish backdated procurement documents to the Auditor-General’s Office (AGO) between December 2020 to February 2021, during the AGO’s audit of Our Tampines Hub development project.

A total of 142 allegedly backdated procurement documents were submitted to the AGO.

If found guilty, they could be jailed for up to six months and fined. CNA