Former ST Marine COO, President hit with multiple corruption charges

They’ve been formally charged in the State Courts.

Two former executives of ST Marine were today formally charged with corruption in the State Courts of Singapore.

Former Chief Operating Officer Han Yew Kwang was charged with a total of eight (8) charges under section 6(b) read with section 29(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, while former President (Commercial Business) Tan Mong Seng was hit with one charge of corruption.

Han was the Chief Operating Officer of ST Marine from June 2002 to June 2007, before leaving in June 2014 as Executive Vice President (Ship Building).

Tan was President (Commercial Business) of ST Marine from January 2000, before leaving in June 2002 as Chief Operating Officer / President (Commercial Business) of ST Marine.

ST Marine said that the charges against Han and Tan are not expected to have any material impact on the consolidated net tangible assets or consolidated earnings per share of the ST Engineering Group for the current financial year.