Update: Former NTUC chairman and ex-MP Phey Yew Kok sentenced to 60 months' jail
Published Fri, Jan 22, 2016 · 05:26 AM
[SINGAPORE] Former NTUC chairman and ex-MP Phey Yew Kok, 81, was sentenced to 60 months in jail on Friday.
He had pleaded guilty to 12 charges, including committing 10 counts of criminal breach of trust, one count of abetting the fabrication of false evidence to a public servant and one count of failing to attend court when ordered to by a judicial officer.
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