Seven Charged Over Alleged Corruption

On 23 February 2022, four employees of S11 Granuity Management Pte Ltd (“S11”) and three individuals from two food catering companies will be charged with corruption offences. Between August to September 2020, the following offences were allegedly committed:

a) Rishibaraj Mohan (“Rishi”) (38-year-old male Singaporean), the Dormitory Manager of S11 at the material time, will be charged with one count of allegedly corruptly obtaining S$746 from Saifulislam Bin Abdul Ghani (“Saiful”), a Sales Representative of Dhanu Shri Restaurant and Catering Pte Ltd (“Dhanu Shri”), as an inducement to further the business interests of Dhanu Shri with S11. This constituted an offence punishable under Section 6(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

b) Navinder Prashad (“Navin”) (39-year-old male Singaporean), a Community Liaison Officer of S11 at the material time, will be charged with one count of allegedly conspiring with Duraisamy Jaganathan (“Jagan”) and Piradeep S/O Sathish (“Piradeep”) to corruptly accept a total sum of S$4,000 on at least two occasions from Chandramohan S/O Bala Krishnan (“Mohan”), a Director of Shikaa’s Kitchen Pte Ltd (“Shikaa’s”). The gratification was allegedly given as an inducement to further the business interests of Shikaa’s with S11. This constituted an offence punishable under Section 6(a) read with Section 29(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

c) Duraisamy Jaganathan (“Jagan”) (28-year-old male Singaporean), a Customer Service Officer of S11 at the material time, will be charged with one count of allegedly corruptly agreeing to accept a sum of S$625 from Saiful as an inducement to further the business interests of Dhanu Shri with S11. This constituted an offence punishable under Section 6(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. In addition, Jagan will also face one charge for allegedly conspiring with Navin and Piradeep to corruptly accept a total sum of S$4,000 on at least two occasions from Mohan to further the business interests of Shikaa’s with S11. These constituted offences punishable under Section 6(a) read with Section 29(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

d) Piradeep S/O Sathish (“Piradeep”) (30-year-old male Singaporean), a Dormitory Isolation Assistant of S11 at the material time, will be charged with one count of allegedly corruptly accepting a sum of S$600 from Mohan as an inducement to further the business interests of Shikaa’s with S11. This constituted an offence punishable under Section 6(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. In addition, Piradeep will also face one charge for allegedly conspiring with Navin and Jagan to corruptly accept a total sum of S$4,000 on at least two occasions from Mohan to further the business interests of Shikaa’s with S11. These constituted offences punishable under Section 6(a) read with Section 29(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

2. Three other individuals from food catering companies will be correspondingly charged in connection to the S11 employees’ alleged offences. Their alleged offences are as follows:

a) Saifulislam Bin Abdul Ghani (“Saiful”) (28-year-old male Singaporean), a Sales Representative of Dhanu Shri at the material time, will be charged with two counts of allegedly conspiring with Muhammad Riyaas Bin Aladdin to corruptly give or agreeing to give a sum amounting to S$1,371 to Rishi and Jagan to further the business interests of Dhanu Shri with S11. These constituted offences punishable under Section 6(b) read with Section 29(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

b) Chandramohan S/O Bala Krishnan (“Mohan”) (43-year-old male Singaporean), a Director of Shikaa’s at the material time, will be charged with two counts of corruption (one of which is amalgamated) for allegedly corruptly giving at least S$4,600 to Piradeep and Jagan as an inducement to further the business interests of Shikaa’s with S11. These constituted offences punishable under Section 6(b) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

c) Muhammad Riyaas Bin Aladdin (“Riyaas”) (27-year-old male Singaporean), a Director at Dhanu Shri at the material time, will be charged with two counts of allegedly conspiring with Saiful to corruptly give or agreeing to give a sum amounting to S$1,371 to Rishi and Jagan to further the business interests of Dhanu Shri with S11. These constituted offences punishable under Section 6(b) read with Section 29(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

3. Singapore adopts a strict zero-tolerance approach towards corruption. Any person who is convicted of a corruption offence can be fined up to S$100,000 or sentenced to imprisonment of up to five years or to both.

4. The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) looks into all corruption-related complaints and reports, including anonymous ones, and can be reached via the following channels:

a) Lodge an e-Complaint;
b) Email us at report@cpib.gov.sg;
c) Call the Duty Officer at 1800-376-0000; or
d) Write to us at the CPIB Headquarters @ 2 Lengkok Bahru, S159047.

5. Where possible, the report should include the following information:

a) Where, when and how the alleged corrupt act happened?
b) Who was involved and what were their roles?
c) What was the bribe given and the favour shown?

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