Neo Chye Koon and Wong Chee Thiam at the courts in March 2022. They each pled guilty to a graft charge on Oct 13. - ST FILE
In earlier proceedings, the prosecution said that Neo and Wong had agreed to hand the monies to Goh so that their company could secure projects with WRS, which managed attractions including the Singapore Zoo and the Night Safari. Court documents stated that on Dec 2, 2016, Neo and Wong authorised a $30,000 withdrawal from their company’s bank account and Wong landed $25,000 in cash to Goh.
The prosecution said that Goh then made recommendations for WRS to invite Magnum to provide quotations, and subsequently pushed for WRS to engage the company for multiple projects.