A former eastern regional director for Marine Fuels with BP Singapore has been sentenced to 54 months in prison for receiving bribes. Clarence Chang Peng Hong was also ordered last week to pay a penalty of around S$6.2 million (US$4.64 million). Koh Seng Lee, executive director of bunker company Pacific Prime Trading (PPT), who had given the bribes, was also sentenced to 54 months' imprisonment for corruption. District Judge Ong Chin Rhu last July convicted Chang and Koh for offences punishable under sections 5 and 6 of Singapore's Prevention of Corruption Act, Chapter 241. The judge found that Chang had suggested that Koh set up PPT to be a trading counterparty of BP, on "the understanding that Chang would advance the business interest of PPT with BP and would therefore be entitled to payments in return".
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