DAY EIGHTEEN OF WEE TOON BOON CORRUPTION TRIAL. AFTER AGREEING TO ACCEPT AN OFFER OF A BUNGALOW - TO BE BUILT IN LAUW AND SONS GARDEN - MINISTER OF STATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT WEE TOON BOON ASKED ONG KENG KOK, WHO CONVEYED THE OFFER, NOT TO PROCEED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION, THE FIRST DISTRICT COURT HEARD. ONG, 42, WHO ALLEGED THIS, TOLD THE COURT THAT WEE MADE THE REQUEST ABOUT THE BUNGALOW ON PLOT 18 OF THE HOUSING ESTATE AT HIS FIRST MEETING WITH WEE ON THE SUBJECT. ONG KENG KOK, DIRECTOR-SECRETARY OF LAUW AND SONS PRIVATE LIMITED SAID HIS DISCUSSION WITH THE MINISTER TOOK PLACE ABOUT A DAY OR TWO AFTER HIS CHAIRMAN LAUW TJIN HO HAD INSTRUCTED HIM IN JULY OR AUGUST 1973 TO CONVEY HIS (LAUW'S) OFFER OF THE BUNGALOW TO WEE. ONG, A FORMER SCHOOLMATE OF WEE WAS UNDER CONTINUED CROSS-EXAMINATION BY DAVID MARSHALL, WHO IS DEFENDING WEE ON FIVE CORRUPTION CHARGES
25/07/1975
PCD0466 - 0100
SPH2005,001434-001463/12A
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