to advance the business interests of his company with the supermarket chain.
Former FairPrice team leader See Hock Lam, then 70, who pleaded guilty to 10 counts of corruption, was sentenced to three years and two months’ jail the following month.Lim and See had split their ill-gotten gains from the various companies equally, with each receiving $261,500. Lim, who joined FairPrice in 2007, became a senior team leader in 2013 and oversaw its buying operations at Jurong Fishery Port. He had the discretion to determine which suppliers to buy fish from.
At Lim’s suggestion, See told Ng some time on or before July 2013 that Lim would purchase more fish from Nam Soon Sin Kee & Co if Ng gave them $2,500 a month.