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Lessons from Singapore on graft challenges
A look at Singapore revealed that penalties for corruption were increased. It also signals the importance of the anti-corruption body and that the CPIB was structured to report directly to the Prime Minister.
Recently I came across a 1994 investigative information in Singapore by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB); the case of Choy Hon Tim, a former deputy chief executive (operations) of the Public Utilities Board (PUB).
Following many investigations and judicial trials, Choy was found to have taken bribes to assist a sub-contractor doing work for PUB, on several occasions. Even though, Choy fled the country, he was eventually brought back to Singapore and charged on October 27, 1995 for criminal conspiracy and accepting bribes totaling around $13.85 million. He was sentenced to prison for 14 years.
