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150:" written by senior correspondent Susan Long. This article led to Durai and NKF challenging the first six lines of the article, which claimed that a retired contractor (who declined to - and cannot - be named, for fear of being sued) had 'lost it' when he was asked to install "a glass-panelled shower, a pricey German toilet bowl and a (S$ 1,000) gold-plated tap" in Durai's office.
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On 19 April 2006, Durai was charged for intention to deceive NKF when he approved payments, totaled $ 25,000, to two companies for services not rendered. On 11 June 2007, Durai was convicted of both charges and sentenced to three months' jail. Durai appealed against the sentence but lost the appeal
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NKF and Durai later served a writ on Long and SPH for defamation, demanding S$ 3.24 million in damages. They claimed that the article insinuated the mismanagement of donors' funds, the installations were scaled down only due to the contractor's protests, and that it had avoided providing further
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was engaged by the new NKF board to investigate past transactions that occurred under the former board and Durai's management. The new board eventually filed a civil lawsuit against Durai, Durai's business associates and three former board members to recover monies amounting to S$ 12 million in
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salaries, benefits and failed contracts. The suit included legal fees incurred during the NKF defamation suit against SPH and loss of donations from donors after the scandal.
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