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A former general manager of Ang Mo Kio Town Council (AMKTC), who was originally sentenced to 27 months’ jail for corruption, will have to spend a longer time in prison after his jail term was upped to three years and three months on Thursday (July 16).
Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon allowed an appeal by the prosecution to increase the sentence meted out to Wong Chee Meng, 59, who received more than $86,000 in a stream of bribes from Chia Sin Lan, 64, between 2014 and 2016.
Chia is the director of two companies – 19-ANC Enterprise and 19-NS2 Enterprise – which carried out works for town councils.
His original jail term of 21 months’ jail was also increased on Thursday, to two years and nine months.
In his decision, the Chief Justice also set out a sentencing framework for certain corruption offences.
Both sides had appealed against the original jail terms meted out to both men.
In May, prosecutors argued for four years’ jail for Wong, and three years and eight months in jail for Chia.
The lawyers for Wong sought between 11 and 14 months’ jail, while Chia’s sought 17 months’ jail.
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