HDB officer fined S$2,000 for breaching OSA
Ng Han Yuan had given confidential info about HDB resale portal to ST journalist, who was given stern warning by police
Singapore
CIVIL servant Ng Han Yuan was fined S$2,000 on Wednesday for breaching the Official Secrets Act by giving confidential information to a Straits Times journalist.
Ng, 25, a Housing Board officer who works as an estate manager in the resale operations section, gave information to journalist Janice Tai Jia Ling between May 31 and July 16 this year, the court heard.
Ng had conveyed to Ms Tai information about an HDB project titled Streamlining of Resale Transactions. The project revolved around a new HDB portal which was being worked on and had not been made public at the time of the offence.
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