Man involved S$760k zoo bribery case, mainly to win jobs, gets 26 months’ jail


SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A man who was a foreman at his father’s construction firm took part in a decade-long conspiracy involving at least S$709,770 in bribes to a Singapore Zoo director.

Too Say Kiong, 57, who was working for Shin Yong Construction (SYC) when he took part in the corruption arrangement in 2005, had also worked with others to give at least $50,500 in bribes to a manager at the attraction.

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