In exchange for agreements for his business, a specialist bribed a apartment manager in Singapore.
According to court records, Panneerselvam Elumalai won a bid to replace the condominium’s street in this manner.  ,
Exactly a week after the works were finished, color started to peel from the driveway, and chips and cracks started to appear shortly after.  ,
The 41-year-old admitted to assisting the commission of an offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act and was fined S$ 15, 000 ( US$ 11,600 ) on May 8.  ,
This was done in order to provide property manager with documents that contained false information about presents for tenders and were intended to deceive the management of Parc Life’s Management Corporate Strata Title (MCST ) management.  ,
His imprisonment was taken into account for the addition of two corruption charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Panneerselvam, an Indian national, was Mountec’s activities director and valuable operator. Mountec provided repairs and maintenance services.  ,
He managed Mountec’s day-to-day activities and wrote documents like quotes.  ,
Bobby Augustine Andrews was the apartment manager at the time. He worked for Ocean IFM, a controlling adviser, and from March 2021 to March 2023, he became a resident at Parc Life Condominium.  ,
He managed day-to-day matters, including fixing up the property and coordinating with companies when there were issues. Andrews ‘ case is pending.  ,
Andrews first got in touch with Panneerselvam in December 2021 to have the bricks repaired in the condominium’s swimming pool area. In the future, he kept in touch with Panneerselvam.  ,
Andrews received gifts in the form of money worth S$ 2, 950 between Jan. 20, 2022 and Jan. 15, 2023 from Panneerselvam.  ,
Andrews sought out Panneerselvam for the money because he was facing economic difficulties during this time.  ,
According to Deputy Public Prosecutor Zhou Yang, Andrews felt beholden to ( Panneerselvam ) and would try to influence the management council of Parc Life Condominium’s MCST to give Mountec more jobs, according to Deputy Public Prosecutor Zhou Yang.  ,
Panneerselvam informed Andrews in January 2023 that he had requested “bigger work” more frequently and that he had been unhappy with the” small jobs.”  ,
Andrews attempted to comply with the request but was unable to gain the money.  ,
Panneerselvam complained to Andrews about the “hard day” he was experiencing because the management committee did no honor his firm any agreements a few months later. He anticipated Andrews to give him a constant stream of deals.
” Andrews ) wanted to repay ( Panneerselvam ) by awarding Mountec contracts to Parc Life Condominium,” said Mr. Zhou.” Andrews knew that ( Panneerselvam ) had helped him by lending him money.  ,
TILE REPLACEMENT TENDER  ,
Andrews informed Panneerselvam about a sweet to change the condo’s road tiles in February 2022.  ,
He recommended two different contractors to get the lowest possible three quotes and asked Panneerselvam to submit a charge for the sweet.  ,
Panneerselvam contacted the directors of two different contractors, who had no intention of winning the street tender, to ask Mountec to get the sensitive.
Panneerselvam requested higher rates from the two company firms, Alpha Engineering, Consultancy, and SNP Engineering, but Mountec’s estimate would be the lowest and he would win the sweet.  ,
In May 2022, Panneerselvam sent the three passages to Andrews, with Mountec’s statement proving the lowest.  ,
Due to budgetary constraints, the administration government decided to cancel the job, which Mountec did not receive.  ,
However, the sweet was reopened in June 2022 for a less expensive street stone.  ,
Panneerselvam requested S$ 67, 000 to be included in the MCST’s S$ 67, 000 resources at Andrews ‘ direction.  ,
Andrews had requested S$ 5, 000 from Panneerselvam in change, but Panneerselvam did not fulfill its promise to give the funds.  ,
The driveway’s alternative tile work was completed in October of this year, but the paint on the road began peeling just a week after the work was finished, and chips and cracks started to appear shortly after.  ,
Panneerselvam originally gave up its one-year warranty to fix defects, but the issues may persist.
Panneerselvam insisted that the MCST pay him for additional inspection in the beginning of 2024 when he refused to remedy the deficiencies.  ,
The MCST is considering filing a lawsuit against Mountec and has hired a legal expert to find out the source of the problems.  ,
Panneerselvam may had received a sentence of up to five years in prison, a fine of up to S$ 100,000, or both for his crime.  ,