Over 3 months’ jail for woman who gave more than $50k in bribes to then-SJI facilities manager

Published Sep 23, 2026, 12:46 PM

Updated Sep 23, 2026, 12:46 PM

Renee Song Mui Kuan was jailed for over three months for giving $52,900 in bribes to former St Joseph’s Institution facilities manager Ng Cher Him to secure contracts.

Ng had inflated quotes and received cash bribes to award projects to favoured vendors, leading to unfair job awards.

Song claimed she feared losing business if she had refused, while prosecutors highlighted the harm to fair competition and other vendors' opportunities.

SINGAPORE - A sales manager of an interior furnishing firm who gave bribes of over $52,000 to a former St Joseph’s Institution (SJI) facilities manager was sentenced to jail on Sept 23.

Renee Song Mui Kuan, 54, pleaded guilty to two charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act and was sentenced to three months and two weeks’ jail . Two similar charges were taken into consideration during sentencing.

Song paid the bribes to Ng Cher Him, after he proposed the arrangement in exchange for securing her company more contracts with SJI .

Song agreed as she was afraid that if she had rejected him, he would stop awarding jobs to her firm, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Maximilian Chew.

Ng, 59, had been sentenced to a year, three months and four weeks in jail in October 2025 after admitting to four charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act. He was also handed a penalty of $7,500.

Ng resigned from SJI on Nov 2, 2023.

As facilities manager, he had a substantial degree of influence in the procurement process for facilities-related goods and services in SJI, said the prosecutor.

He would get the vendors to mark up their quotations submitted to SJI for the jobs and projects, with these mark-ups paid to him.

Ng would tell the vendors SJI’s budget for the project, share competitors’ bids for the project, then recommend the school award the project to the vendors who bribed him . Ng told vendors to pay him in cash to avoid any paper trail.

Unfair business advantage

In January 2018, Ng approached Song and broached the idea of her paying him in exchange for his assistance in awarding more jobs to her firm.

After she agreed, Ng would inform Song of the school’s projects and instruct her to increase her quotations for the jobs. The mark-up would then be paid to Ng in cash.

On occasions when Ng did not specify the mark-up, Song would decide on the amount, inflate the quoted price, and pay the mark-up to Ng in cash.

DPP Chew said that on 10 occasions from January 2019 to July 2020, Song gave Ng $18,420 in bribes.

On another 12 occasions between August 2020 and September 2022, Song handed Ng $34,480 in bribes.

The offences came to light on Sept 30, 2022, when the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) received information on Ng’s acts and investigated him.

Seeking between 3½ and 4½ months’ jail, the prosecutor noted the unfair advantage Song had over others.

He said: “ Other vendors who might have been more suitable or able to give more competitive prices lost opportunities to secure these jobs and projects.”

Urging the court to impose a jail term of not more than three months, defence lawyers Josephus Tan, Cory Wong and Devlin Mohyong from Invictus Law Corporation, said Song played a subordinate role in the corrupt transactions as she neither conceived nor initiated the arrangement.

“She agreed to the arrangement because she feared that (Ng) would otherwise stop awarding or recommending work to her businesses. Her motive was therefore shaped by the commercial pressure created by the person who controlled her businesses’ access to work at SJI,” said the lawyers.

To report corruption to CPIB, visit its website or call its hotline on 1800-376-0000.

You can also e-mail report@cpib.gov.sg or visit or write to CPIB Headquarters at 2 Lengkok Bahru, Singapore 159047.

Nadine Chua is a correspondent covering crime and court at The Straits Times.

发布于 2026 年 9 月 23 日下午 12:46

更新于2026年9月23日下午12:46

Renee Song Mui Kuan 因向圣约瑟书院前设施经理 Ng Cher Him 行贿 52,900 美元以获取合同而被判入狱三个多月。

吴某虚报报价并收受现金贿赂，将项目授予其偏爱的供应商，导致不公平的工程授予。

宋女士声称，如果她拒绝，她担心会失去生意；而检方则强调，拒绝会损害公平竞争和其他供应商的机会。

新加坡——一名室内装饰公司的销售经理向圣约瑟书院（SJI）前设施经理行贿超过 52,000 美元，于 9 月 23 日被判入狱。

54岁的宋梅娟承认违反《防止贪污法》的两项指控，被判处三个月零两周监禁。量刑时，法庭考虑了另外两项类似指控。

宋向吴哲谦行贿，此前吴哲谦提出以确保她的公司与圣若瑟银行签订更多合同为条件，换取这一安排。

副检察官马克西米利安·丘表示，宋女士同意了，因为她担心如果拒绝他，他就会停止给她的公司提供项目。

现年59岁的吴某于2025年10月承认违反《防止贪污法》的四项指控，被判处一年三个月零四周的监禁，并被处以7500新元的罚款。

吴先生于2023年11月2日从圣若瑟书院辞职。

检察官表示，作为设施经理，他在圣若瑟学院（SJI）设施相关货物和服务的采购过程中拥有相当大的影响力。

他会让供应商在提交给 SJI 的工作和项目报价中加价，并将这些加价支付给他。

吴先生会告诉供应商圣若瑟书院的项目预算，分享竞争对手的报价，然后建议学校将项目授予那些贿赂他的供应商。吴先生要求供应商用现金支付，以避免留下任何书面记录。

不公平的商业优势

2018 年 1 月，吴女士找到宋先生，提出她可以付钱给他，以换取他帮助她的公司获得更多项目。

吴女士同意后，会将学校的项目告知宋女士，并指示她提高报价。加价部分将以现金形式支付给吴女士。

如果 Ng 没有明确说明加价幅度，Song 就会决定加价幅度，提高报价，然后用现金将加价支付给 Ng。

控方律师周表示，从 2019 年 1 月到 2020 年 7 月，宋某曾 10 次向吴某行贿，金额达 18420 美元。

在 2020 年 8 月至 2022 年 9 月期间的另外 12 次事件中，宋向吴行贿 34,480 美元。

2022 年 9 月 30 日，贪污调查局 (CPIB) 收到有关吴某行为的信息并对其进行调查，这些罪行才得以曝光。

检察官寻求判处宋某 3.5 至 4.5 个月的监禁，并指出宋某相对于其他人拥有不公平的优势。

他说：“其他一些可能更合适或能够提供更具竞争力的价格的供应商错失了获得这些工作和项目的机会。”

来自 Invictus 律师事务所的辩护律师 Josephus Tan、Cory Wong 和 Devlin Mohyong 敦促法庭判处宋某不超过三个月的监禁，称宋某在腐败交易中扮演的是从属角色，因为她既没有构思也没有发起这项安排。

律师们表示：“她之所以同意这项安排，是因为她担心（吴）否则会停止向她的企业授予或推荐工作。因此，她的动机是受到控制她企业在圣若瑟学院获得工作机会的人施加的商业压力的影响。”

要向贪污调查局举报贪污行为，请访问其网站或拨打其热线电话 1800-376-0000。

您也可以发送电子邮件至 report@cpib.gov.sg 或前往新加坡 159047 伦戈巴鲁 2 号 CPIB 总部或写信至该总部。

Nadine Chua是《海峡时报》负责报道犯罪和法庭新闻的记者。