DAY 26 OF WEE TOON BOON CORRUPTION TRIAL. MINISTER OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT WEE TOON BOON ASKED HIS ARCHITECT FRIEND AND FORMER SCHOOLMATE, REX KOH (PICTURE), TO DESIGN A BUNGALOW FOR HIM IN LAUW AND SONS GARDEN, COSTING BETWEEN $200,000 AND $250,000. MR KOH, A SENIOR PARTNER OF BILLINGS LEONG AND REX KOH, SAID WEE GAVE HIM THE INSTRUCTIONS PROBABLY AROUND AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 1973 AND INDICATED ALSO WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR THE BUNGALOW SHOULD BE. HE WAS TESTIFYING AT WEE'S TRIAL ON FIVE CORRUPTION CHARGES - ONE OF WHICH RELATES TO WEE'S ALLEGED CONSENT TO ACCEPT AN OFFER OF A BUNGALOW AND LAND, VALUED AT $532,000 FROM LAUW TJIN HO, CHAIRLMAN OF LAUW AND SONS PRIVATE LIMITED, DEVELOPERS OF THE JALAN BINCHANG HOUSING PROJECT. MR KOH WAS THE 35TH PROSECUTION WITNESS CALLED BY THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL A W GHOWS
06/08/1975
PCD0470 - 0045
SPH2005/007562-07586/19A
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