Two former employees of Sembcorp Marine, now Seatrium, charged with bribing Brazilian officials

SINGAPORE: Two ragged workers of the now-defunct Sembcorp Marine and a subsidiary had been charged on Thursday (Mar 28) with bribing Brazilian officers to approach their companies’ pursuits within the South American nation.

Sembcorp Marine used to be one amongst Singapore’s two significant offshore and marine companies sooner than it become Seatrium in 2023 following a merger with Keppel Offshore & Marine (KOM).

The alleged offences took just between 2009 and 2014, where a entire sum of spherical US$44 million (S$59.3 million) used to be handed out by plan of a Brazilian middleman is believed as Guilherme Esteves de Jesus (GDJ), in line with the Attorney-Same old’s Chambers (AGC) and Unsuitable Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) in a joint info open on Thursday.

The first accused is Wong Weng Sun, 62, who used to be the president, govt director and CEO of Sembcorp Marine, and managing director of its wholly owned subsidiary Jurong Shipyard (JSPL) at the time of the alleged offences.

The different accused, Lee Fook Kang, 75, used to be JSPL’s senior customary manager.

Wong and Lee each face 5 funds of conspiring to corruptly give gratification to GDJ for the good thing about folks in Brazil, as inducements or rewards to approach the exchange pursuits of Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiaries there. The alleged offences descend below the Prevention of Corruption Act.

A 2021 Sembcorp Marine annual document describes GDJ as any individual connected to the advisor engaged by Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiaries in Brazil.