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Ex-Maris Stella High Principal Jailed Nine Months For Misappropriating $67K, Courts & Crime News & Top Stories - The Straits Times

The former principal of Maris Stella High School was jailed for nine months for misappropriating $67,000 from the school. He used the funds to pay for overseas trips and expenses for his friend, as well as pocketing donations intended for the school. The judge said the money could have been used to benefit students.

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Ex-Maris Stella High Principal Jailed Nine Months For Misappropriating $67K, Courts & Crime News & Top Stories - The Straits Times

The former principal of Maris Stella High School was jailed for nine months for misappropriating $67,000 from the school. He used the funds to pay for overseas trips and expenses for his friend, as well as pocketing donations intended for the school. The judge said the money could have been used to benefit students.

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10/22/2018 Ex-Maris Stella High principal jailed nine months for misappropriating $67K, Courts & Crime News

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THE STRAITS TIMES

Ex-Maris Stella High principal jailed


nine months for misappropriating $67K
 PUBLISHED MAY 23, 2014, 3:56 PM SGT

Elena Chong Court Correspondent (mailto:[email protected])

SINGAPORE - Former Maris Stella High principal Anthony Tan Kim Hock was jailed for nine months on
Friday for misappropriating almost $67,000 from the school.

The 67-year-old is currently serving five months in jail for misappropriating almost $68,000 from the
school's chapel fund in 2009, and will begin serving the latest sentence when his current one ends on June
1.

In the latest case, Tan admitted to nine charges of criminal breach of trust of $66,951.

The court heard he used school funds to pay for overseas trips for his friend Peter Lim, a 37-year-old tennis
coach. He also used them to pay for Mr Lim's other expenses such as his tennis coaching accreditation
programme, professional tennis registry renewal, and an advanced open diving course on Pulau Tioman.

On other occasions, Tan pocketed donations intended for the school.

"This money could have been used to pay for school programmes that benefited the school and its
students," said District Judge Toh Yung Cheong, who took 11 other charges of criminal breach of trust,
totalling almost $14,000, into consideration.

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10/22/2018 Ex-Maris Stella High principal jailed nine months for misappropriating $67K, Courts & Crime News & Top Stories - The Straits Times

He added that Tan abused his authority by ignoring procedural safeguards laid out by the school
management committee to safeguard its funds.

Instead, Tan appointed himself and his subordinate as the authorised signatories to the bank accounts
holding the management committee funds.

Tan retired in 2009 after 25 years as principal of Maris Stella.

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