Six employees of Hyundai Engineering & Construction were charged in court on June 12, 2026, for allegedly accepting or attempting to obtain bribes connected to unsafe work practices on the Labrador Villa Road substation project [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].
The accused include five Bangladeshi nationals—safety coordinators Shaheen (32), Biswas Uzzal (42), Hossain Mithu Mohammad Arif (33), Uddin Md Mesbah (34), safety supervisor Biswas Pradip Chandra (29)—and one Singaporean, safety manager Siow Hung Wee (53) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].
Shaheen faces 15 charges, accused of accepting or attempting to obtain about S$6,200 in bribes from subcontractor safety coordinators between July 2023 and April 2024 in exchange for overlooking safety violations [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].
Uzzal, Mithu, Pradip, and Uddin are charged with multiple counts for accepting around S$2,700 collectively during 2023-2024. They allegedly allowed unqualified workers to operate and committed other corrupt acts [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].
Siow is accused of conspiracy to accept about S$2,400 in bribes on several occasions between June 2023 and February 2024. This included S$900 with Uzzal, S$1,000 with Mithu, and a S$500 bribe in October 2023 involving both [1, 2, 4, 5].
The Labrador Villa Road project includes Southeast Asia’s largest underground substation, covering the area of four football fields, plus a 34-story commercial tower. It supplies electricity to the Alexandra, Clementi, Keppel, Pasir Panjang, and Science Park areas of Singapore [1, 2, 4, 5].
In total, the six employees face 52 corruption-related charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act and Criminal Procedure Code [3].
Court proceedings began on June 12, marking the next step in addressing the allegations linked to safety risks and bribery at the critical infrastructure site [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].
