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PHEY YEW KOK

Former NTUC chairman and former MP Phey Yew Kok, who spent 36 years on the run, was sentenced in 2016 to 60 months in jail for criminal breach of trust, abetting the fabrication of evidence and intentionally omitting to appear before a court. "I must

Ex-NTUC chairman Phey Yew Kok, jailed for criminal breach of trust, completes sentence

Oct 25, 2018, 5:00 am
Above: Then NTUC chairman Phey Yew Kok in 1979. He fled abroad after being charged that year and remained a fugitive until 2015. Left: Phey, now 83, was sentenced in 2016 to 60 months in jail for his offences.

Ex-union leader Phey Yew Kok serving last lap of jail term in home detention

May 8, 2018, 5:00 am

Ex-student union leader Tan Wah Piow asks for case review after Phey Yew Kok's conviction

Jan 31, 2016, 5:00 am

Dealing with uncomfortable history

Jan 29, 2016, 5:00 am

End of a chapter in Singapore's union history

Jan 23, 2016, 5:00 am

Phey 'led a miserable life' and lived in fear while on the run

Jan 23, 2016, 5:00 am
Phey, who ran as the PAP's candidate in Boon Teck, celebrating his victory in the 1972 General Election. Four years later, he stood for re-election and won.

Swift rise to power and fall from grace

Jan 23, 2016, 5:00 am

He misused funds to pay for house, generated fake invoices

Jan 23, 2016, 5:00 am
(Right) The first public photo of Phey since he went on the run in 1979, and (left) Phey in a 1973 photo at a meeting with the press on the opening of Singapore's first cooperative supermarket.

Ex-union leader Phey Yew Kok gets 5 years' jail for CBT

Jan 23, 2016, 5:00 am

Ex-NTUC chairman Phey Yew Kok led 'miserable life' when on the run, say lawyers

Jan 22, 2016, 12:42 pm

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