Jeremy Koh Renfeng, who was a former cargo officer of the vessel, pleaded guilty to two charges of intentionally obstructing the course of justice by providing false information in the ship's official log book, and dismantling and disposing of a computer's central processing unit into the sea.His co-conspirators Benny Tan Chun Kiat and Ong Chou Hong were sentenced previously to six and nine months' jail respectively.
The trio communicated via WhatsApp regarding the amendment of the books as they were concerned about creating a plausible narrative as to where the tanker was at during relevant points in time.then instructed Koh to direct the crew of the tanker to write these falsified records into the official logbook.Koh was then instructed by Ong and Tan to destroy any documents containing Korean words and discard receipts on the ship.
They found deleted images which showed that MT Sea Tanker II had transferred around 2,600 kilolitres of oil to a vessel named"MT An San I" between Oct 30 and 31.In seeking a sentence of six months' jail, DPP Koh told the court that Koh's offences were"invariably serious" and he had been the"hands and feet" of the conspiracy.
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