The State Courts of the Republic of Singapore on Friday (19 August) sentenced Kumunan Rethana Kumaran, a surveyor who formerly worked for CCIC Singapore Pte Ltd, to 15 weeks in jail over misconduct.
He was amongst 12 individuals charged at Court in April for corruption offences in connection to the conspiracy of misappropriating oil from Shell Eastern Petroleum’s (Shell) Pulau Bukom site.
Kumunan did not accurately report the amount of cargo loaded onto vessels which CCIC was engaged to inspect and expected that he would receive money for doing so, according to a court document obtained by Manifold Times.
He also turned a blind eye to and kept quiet about any misappropriation of Shell gasoil.
Specifically, Kumunan helped former Shell employees Muzaffar and Juandi, and their co-conspirators to conceal the misappropriation of gasoil.
As a result of his assistance, two incidents of misappropriation of Shell gasoil worth USD 634,017.78 went undetected by Shell in 2016.
The two events led to Kumunan corruptly receiving gratification of a total of USD 12,000 (SGD 16,134) from Noruliman Bin Bakti (who left his employment at Intertek to work at CCIC as surveyor) as rewards for not accurately reporting the amount of cargo loaded onto vessels which CCIC was engaged to inspect.
These two incidents, taken together, amount to an offence punishable under Section 6(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, which is an amalgamated charge under Section 124(4) of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Earlier coverage of developments by Manifold Times regarding the Shell MGO bunker heist can be found below:
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Published: 22 August, 2022
According to the notice in the Government Gazette, the meeting will be held electronically on 13 January 2021 at 3.00pm pursuant to COVID-19 safety measures.
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‘Non-compliance to these regulations may result in imprisonment with labour for up to one year and/or a fine of up to 10 million won,’ warns the P&I club.
LSMGO readily available in Singapore; Zhoushan bunkering remains suspended; availability is getting tighter in Hong Kong.
Captain Segar, MPA Assistant Chief Executive, Operations, to be also joining IBIA for the game where proceeds will be channelled into an IBIA Bursary Fund for supporting students to obtain a maritime studies degree.
‘Consort Bunkers will be operating the youngest bunkering fleet in Singapore after complete delivery of the ‘K’ series vessels by late-2023,’ Mr SK Yeo, Founder of Consort Bunkers, tells Manifold Times.
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‘It is undisputed that Sing Fuels furnished fuel in Port Elizabeth that enabled the M/V Lila Shanghai to continue on its way […] and it is undisputed that Sing Fuels was never paid for this fuel,’ states Judge.
JMs wanted to confirm if both of IPP’s former auditors ‘were reasonably assured that its assessment that the receivables owed by Mercuria Energy were not in any way doubtful’, according to court documents.
A Duraisamy received a SGD 42,870.60 fine and 10-month jail sentence while Lee Been Lian was fined SGD 6,795 and received a two-month jail term due to offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
