S'porean father and son duo jailed for corruption involving former chief of Malaysian cargo airline

A father and son duo who were directors of a freight forwarding company became involved in a corrupt arrangement after the company was unable to fulfil a contract. IG Aviation Singapore's contract was with Malaysia-registered cargo airline operator Raya Airways, and the...

Court documents did not say how the scheme was uncovered.

They, along with Kenneth Tan, became directors and Jereemy Tan, who was based in Vietnam, oversaw its day-to-day operations.The contract was procured and signed by Jereemy Tan on behalf of IG Aviation and Mr Shashitheren, who was Raya Airways' commercial director at that time. He was promoted to executive director and chief executive in May 2016.

If IG Aviation failed to fulfil its end of the contract, it would still have to pay Raya Airways the agreed monthly fee for the space. This contract was initially for a period of one year but was renewed and remained in force until April 2018. In return, Mr Shashitheren would consider IG Aviation's cargo sales performance over a period of three to six months instead of on a monthly basis, meaning shortfall in certain months could be offset from other months.

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