A case study of Fong Chee Keong v Professional Engineers
Board, Singapore [2016] 3 SLR 221
Are all professions held to the same standard of honesty? In
particular, if a professional is dishonest in his personal life,
what is the impact on his professional life?
Professional Engineers Board
A professional engineer, Fong, was convicted for making false
statements to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority. He did so
in an attempt to obtain a visit pass for a female Chinese national,
with whom he was in an intimate relationship. He was sentenced to
four weeks' imprisonment for this and three other criminal
charges taken into consideration.
Subsequently, the Professional Engineers Board (PEB) received a
complaint pertaining to his conviction and instituted disciplinary
proceedings against him. The Disciplinary Committee (DC) heard the
complaint and ordered Fong's registration as a professional
engineer to be cancelled. Fong appealed to the Court.
