Legal

Shell MGO bunker heist update: Fresh charges issued at Singapore court

Additional misappropriation of MGO worth $25.8 million results in Singapore State Court issuing 51 extra charges to several ex-Shell employees.

Published

6 years ago

May 21, 2018

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The Singapore State Court Friday (18 May) issued fresh charges to several suspects involved in an alleged case of stolen marine gas oil (MGO) from Shell Pulau Bukom refinery at Singapore, according to documents obtained by Manifold Times.

Abdul Latif Bin Ibrahim, Mohd Ibrahim S/O K Abdul Majid, and Richard Goh, all ex-employees of Shell Eastern Petroleum, were issued eight charges under section 408 with section 109 of the Penal Code. The charges indicate misappropriation of 8,647 metric tonnes (mt) of MGO worth approximately $4.5 million (Exact: USD$4,430,893.45).

The court issued an additional four charges to Alan Tan Cheng Chuan and Ng Hock Teck under section 411 with section 109 of the Penal Code. The charges related to misappropriation of 2,777.6 mt of MGO worth about $1.3 million (Exact: USD$1,337,985.67).

Five individuals, namely Cai Zhi Zhong, Juandi Bin Pungot, Koh Choon Wei, Muzaffar Ali Khan Bin Muhamad Akram and Tiah Kok Hwee, were slapped with 51 extra charges under section 408 with section 109 of the Penal Code. The new charges showed misappropriation of 51,948.44 mt of MGO at market value of around $25.8 million (USD$25,814,992.81).

Section 408 states:
Whoever, being a clerk or servant, or employed as a clerk or servant, and being in any manner entrusted in such capacity with property, or with any dominion over property, commits criminal breach of trust in respect of that property, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 15 years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Section 411 states:
Whoever dishonestly receives or retains any stolen property, knowing or having reason to believe the property to be stolen property, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 5 years, or with fine, or with both. A person convicted of an offence under this section shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 5 years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Section 109 of the Penal Code (Cap 224, 2008 Rev Ed) states:
Whoever abets any offence shall, if the act abetted is committed in consequence of the abetment, and no express provision is made by this Code for the punishment of such abetment, be punished with the punishment provided for the offence.

In detail, charges to the following individuals are below (best viewed by PC):

Name	Charge	Quantity of MGO (MT)	Amount (USD)	Date of offence
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Abdul Latif Bin Ibrahim Mohd Ibrahim S/O K Abdul Majid Richard Goh Formerly employed by Shell Eastern Petroleum	From 7 to 15 (8 more)	1007.9 (8^th charge) 1,342.3 (9^th charge) 1,055.9 (10^th charge) 1,052.9 (11^th charge) 760.30 (12^th charge) 1,393.6 (13^th charge) 1,486.4 (14^th charge) 547.7 (15^th charge)	542,149.41 722,023.17 530,959.32 529,450.77 382,316.86 698,207.54 744,701.26 281,085.12	9 November 4 November 2017 31 October 2017 17 October 2017 7 October 2017 28 September 2017 23 September 2017 22 September 2017
---------------------	---------	---------------------------	---------------	-------------------------
Alan Tan Cheng Chuan Ng Hock Teck Dishonestly receive stolen property transferred from Pulau Bukom to the vessel Sentek 26	From 3 to 7 (4 more)	529 (4^th charge) 699.7 (5^th charge) 748.4 (6^th charge) 800.5 (7^th charge)	312,464.43 323,513.29 339,197.33 362,810.62	1 January 2018 13 August 2017 27 May 2017 14 May 2017
---------------------	---------	---------------------------	---------------	-------------------------
Cai Zhi Zhong Juandi Bin Pungot Koh Choon Wei Muzaffar Ali Khan Bin Muhamad Akram Tiah Kok Hwee Fomerly employed by Shell Eastern Petroleum	From 12 to 63 (51 more)	685 (13^th charge) 529 (14^th charge) 1,540 (15^th charge) 716.8 (16^th charge) 778.6 (17^th charge) 1,661.6 (18^th charge) 721.3 (19^th charge) 1,133 (20^th charge) 1,150.8 (21^st charge) 775 (22^nd charge) 767.8 (23^rd charge) 1,848.84 (24^th charge) 716.4 (25^th charge) 517.8 (26^th charge) 2,380.6 (27^th charge) 654 (28^th charge) 2,126.30 (29^th charge) 768.1 (30^th charge) 737 (31^st charge) 736 (32^nd charge) 702.3 (33^rd charge) 824.2 (34^th charge) 325.1 (35^th charge) 1776.6 (36^th charge) 542.5 (37^th charge) 754.7 (38^th charge) 2,071.4 (39^th charge) 730.8 (40^th charge) 454.6 (41^st charge) 1,889.7 (42^nd charge) 762.70 (43^rd charge) 730.1 (44^th charge) 1,878.6 (45^th charge) 699.7 (46^th charge) 756 (47^th charge) 504.5 (48^th charge) 1,570 (49^th charge) 806.4 (50^th charge) 738.4 (51^st charge) 2,498.2 (52^nd charge) 1,164.7 (53^rd charge) 1,470 (54^th charge) 1,393.8 (55^th charge) 731.6 (56^th charge) 748.4 (57^th charge) 655.8 (58^th charge) 693.8 (59^th charge) 800.5 (60^th charge) 789.6 (61^st charge) 751 (62^nd charge) 788.8 (63^rd charge)	404,608.95 312,464.43 869,530.20 400,669.70 435,214.04 938,189.21 403,185.06 639,725.79 627,772.91 416,872.50 412,999.62 1,008,560.71 385,351.56 278,524.62 1,298,641.11 328,863.90 1,089,367.28 386,239.09 370,600.45 370,097.60 351,859.32 412,932.44 166,844.57 911,768.89 278,416.43 378,112.25 1,063,063.19 337,892.69 210,188.86 891,900.61 352,641.97 337,569.04 886,661.63 323,513.29 349,544.16 233,260.62 718,369.20 368,976.38 332,154.47 1,074,525.78 500,960.76 632,276.40 599,501.26 331,583.07 339,197.33 299,956.36 314,540.97 362,810.62 357,870.41 340,375.73 378,245.38	3 January 2018 1 January 2018 25 December 2017 25 December 2017 18 December 2017 15 December 2017 14 December 2017 1 December 2017 28 November 2017 23 November 2017 19 November 2017 12 November 2017 9 November 2017 5 November 2017 4 November 2017 16 October 2017 14 October 2017 13 October 2017 8 October 2017 1 October 2017 30 September 2017 29 September 2017 23 September 2017 22 September 2017 11 September 2017 6 September 2017 4 September 2017 27 August 2017 24 August 2017 23 August 2017 22 August 2017 14 August 2017 13 August 2017 13 August 2017 9 August 2017 4 August 2017 12 July 2017 2 July 2017 2 July 2017 24 June 2017 22 June 2017 15 June 2017 2 June 2017 29 May 2017 27 May 2017 25 May 2017 21 May 2017 14 May 2017 7 May 2017 6 May 2017 30 April 2017

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Published: 21 May, 2018

Business

Liberia-flagged bulker “Eleen Armonia” placed under Sheriff’s arrest

Ship was added to list of vessels under Sheriff’s arrest in Singapore’s court system and it is currently held at Eastern Bunkering Anchorage; arrest was made on behalf of Allen & Gledhill LLP.

Published

4 days ago

December 7, 2023

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Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Eleen Armonia was arrested in Singapore waters on Monday (4 December).

The 55,522 DWT vessel was added to the list of vessels under Sheriff’s arrest in Singapore’s court system.

According to the list, the vessel was arrested at 12.25pm and the arresting solicitor listed was law firm Allen & Gledhill LLP. The ship is currently held at the Eastern Bunkering Anchorage.

No details regarding the reason behind the arrest were provided in the list.

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Published: 7 December, 2023

Crime

Malaysia: MMEA detains three vessels for illegal anchoring in East Johor waters

Vessels, including those registered in Barbados and Copenhagen, were detained on 4 December and captains of ships had failed to present any document of authorisation to anchor in Malaysian waters.

Published

5 days ago

December 6, 2023

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Malaysia: MMEA detains three vessels for illegal anchoring in East Johor waters

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) on Tuesday (5 December) said three vessels have been detained for illegally anchoring in East Johor waters on 4 December.

MMEA Tanjung Sedili Zone acting director Maritime Cmdr Mohd Najib Sam said the first ship, registered in Port Klang, was detained by a patrol boat at 11.30 am at 19.8 nautical miles east of Tanjung Sedili Kechil.

The second ship, registered at Bridgetown in Barbados, anchored at 11.30am at 18.1 nautical miles northeast of Tanjung Penawar.

And the third ship, registered at Copenhagen, was detained by a MMEA patrol vessel at 5.30pm at 21.5 nautical miles east of Tanjung Balau.

Najib said all captains of the ships had failed to present any document of authorisation to anchor in Malaysian waters and the case will be investigated under Section 491B(1)(L) Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952.

He added that the detention of all three ships has brought the total number of ships detained for the same offence so far this year to 86.

Photo credit: Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency
Published: 6 December, 2023

Winding up

Singapore: Annual general meetings set for Hua Sheng Shipping Pte Ltd

Creditors to receive an update on the liquidation of the firms, and to receive an account of the liquidators’ acts and dealings, and of the conduct of winding up.

Published

1 week ago

December 4, 2023

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An annual general meeting for Hua Sheng Shipping Pte Ltd will be held via electronic means on 14 December 2023, according to a notice on the Government Gazette on Thursday (30 November).

The agenda of the meetings for the creditors (2pm) and contributories (11am) for the following purposes:

To receive an update on the liquidation.
To receive an account of the Liquidators’ acts and dealings, and of the conduct of the winding up

The following are the details of the liquidator of the company:

Ho May Kee
Liquidator
c/o 8 Marina View
#40-04/05 Asia Square Tower 1
Singapore 018960

Manifold Times previously reported several notices were published on the Goverment Gazette regarding the annual general meetings held electronically for Hua Sheng Shipping Pte Ltd, Nan Zhou Maritime (Pte) Ltd and Xin Sheng Shipping (Pte) Ltd.

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Published: 4 December, 2023