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SINGAPORE — A senior employee with the Housing Board and the director of a construction company who were accused of corruption have each been granted a discharge amounting to an acquittal. This means that Tan Siam Chua, 61, an HDB senior estate manager, a'My name has been cleared': HDB manager, construction firm director accused of corruption acquitted
SINGAPORE — A senior employee with the Housing Board and the director of a construction company who were accused of corruption have each been granted a discharge amounting to an acquittal. This means that Tan Siam Chua, 61, an HDB senior estate manager, and Liong Ah Chye, 62, the director of Liong Construction, cannot be charged again with the same offence. On Sept 16, the day the trials for both men were slated to start, the prosecution applied to withdraw the charges against them. Deputy Public Prosecutor Eunice Chew did not elaborate on this in court. The Straits Times has contacted the Attorney-General's Chambers and HDB for more information. In September 2023, Tan was handed one charge of abetting corrupt transactions with agents. Liong was charged with one count of corrupt transactions with agents. He was accused of giving a false quotation from his company, through one of his employees, to an HDB senior estate manager, upon instigation from Tan. Speaking to The Straits Times after the hearing, Tan said: «I'm happy my name has been cleared. It is a relief for me and my family.» Read more