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<p>在 8 月 11 日，检方将对六名被告提出 11 项指控。这包括奥利维亚·林面临的六项指控中的两项。</p>
<p>新加坡 - 备受期待的 Hyflux 创始人及前首席执行官奥利维亚·林（Olivia Lum Ooi Lin）、前首席财务官（CFO）曹伟平（Cho Wee Peng）及数名前董事会成员的刑事审判将于 8 月 11 日开始，距他们因违反《证券与期货法》被起诉已近三年。</p>
<p>目前，已有一名被告选择认罪。</p>
<p>总共有七名个人因 Hyflux 故意未披露与 Tuaspring 综合水电项目相关的信息而被起诉，其他事项也包括在内。但六名被告将在计划于 8 月 11 日至 2026 年 2 月 5 日进行的为期 56 天的审判中对指控提出抗辩。</p>
<p>这些指控是在这家失败的水处理公司于 2021 年获准清算一年多后提出的，约 34,000 名持有永续证券和优先股的投资者共计损失了 9 亿美元，最终一无所获。</p>
<p>在 8 月 11 日，检方将对六名被告提出 11 项指控。这包括林面临的六项指控中的两项。对林的其余四项指控将在判决时考虑，如果被判有罪。</p>
<p>对林提出的两项指控与她同意 Hyflux 在需要披露的情况下省略与 Tuaspring 相关的信息有关，这违反了新加坡交易所（SGX）的上市规则。根据指控，这些信息对于避免在 Hyflux 证券中建立虚假市场是必要的。</p>
<p>根据指控，她同意故意未通知 SGX，Tuaspring 项目是 Hyflux 扩展到销售电力的新业务，而该工厂的盈利能力依赖于电力销售收入，预计这将占其整体收入的相当大一部分。</p>
<p>如果被判有罪，64 岁的林面临最高七年的监禁、最高 25 万美元的罚款，或两者兼施。</p>
<p>林还因 Hyflux 在 2011 年 4 月 13 日发行的 200 百万美元、6% 优先股的要约信息声明中未披露与 Tuaspring 相关的信息而被起诉。</p>
<p>如果被判有罪，她面临最高两年的监禁、最高 15 万美元的罚款，或两者兼施。</p>
<p>56 岁的曹伟平，曾担任 Hyflux 的集团执行副总裁，被控共谋 Hyflux 未披露与 Tuaspring 相关的信息。</p>
<p>其他被控与披露相关罪名的前 Hyflux 独立董事包括：邱强国（Teo Kiang Kok，69 岁）、克里斯托弗·穆鲁加苏（Christopher Murugasu，66 岁）、蔡志强（Gay Chee Cheong，69 岁）和李如海（Lee Joo Hai，69 岁）。</p>
<p>这四名男子各被控两项罪名 - 一项是因 Hyflux 未按要求披露与 Tuaspring 相关的信息而疏忽，另一项是因在 2011 年要约信息声明中遗漏重要信息。</p>
<p>但另一名独立董事拉杰塞卡尔·库普斯瓦米·米塔（Rajsekar Kuppuswami Mitta）在 8 月 7 日对一项与 Hyflux 于 2011 年 3 月 7 日向新加坡交易所发布的公告相关的疏忽罪名认罪。</p>
<p>该公告指出，Hyflux 被国家水务机构 PUB 选为在 Tuas 建设和运营新加坡第二大海水淡化厂的 “首选投标人”，特许经营期为 25 年。</p>
<p>公告还提到将建设一座发电厂为淡化厂提供电力，且多余的电力将出售给电网。</p>
<p>但公告并未披露 Hyflux 首次进入电力销售业务。</p>
<p>第二项与 Hyflux 于 2011 年 4 月 13 日的要约相关的未披露罪名在判决时被考虑。</p>
<p>68 岁的澳大利亚公民及新加坡永久居民拉杰塞卡尔因公司在 2011 年未按要求披露与 Tuaspring 项目相关的信息而被罚款 9 万美元。</p>
<p>他还被禁止担任公司董事五年。</p>
<p>企业治理倡导者麦云天（Mak Yuen Teen）表示，拉杰塞卡尔的判决 “可能是较低的责任感和他的认罪的结合”。</p>
<p>在寻求对拉杰塞卡尔处以 9 万美元罚款时，副检察官 Kevin Yong 指出，造成的伤害很大，而拉杰塞卡尔的责任感较低。规定的刑罚是最高 25 万美元的罚款、最高七年的监禁，或两者兼施。</p>
<p>企业金融律师罗布森·李（Robson Lee），肯尼迪律师事务所的合伙人指出：“在审判开始前，一名独立董事认罪并不影响其他独立董事或执行董事和 CFO 对各自指控的辩护法律地位。”</p>
<p>对这七人的指控源于 2020 年 6 月商业事务局、新加坡金融管理局和会计与企业监管局的联合调查。</p>
<p>该调查是在对 Hyflux 的会计和审计标准以及披露规则的合规性进行审查后启动的。调查关注 Hyflux 在 2011 年至 2018 年期间是否在 Tuaspring 项目的披露中存在失误，以及是否违反会计标准。</p>
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<p>Hyflux 创始人 Olivia Lum 及其他五人的刑事审判定于 8 月 11 日开始，距他们因违反《证券与期货法》被起诉近三年。检方将对被告提出 11 项指控，其中包括针对 Lum 的两项指控，她因未能披露有关 Tuaspring 项目的重要信息而面临潜在的监禁和罚款。审判预计将持续 56 天，至 2026 年 2 月 5 日结束，此前该公司于 2021 年解散，导致 34,000 名投资者遭受重大损失</p>

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<p>On Aug 11, the prosecution will proceed on 11 charges against the six defendants. This includes two of the six charges Olivia Lum faces.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在 8 月 11 日，检方将对六名被告提出 11 项指控。这包括奥利维亚·林面临的六项指控中的两项。</p>
</div><p>SINGAPORE - The long-awaited criminal trial of Hyflux founder and former chief executive Olivia Lum Ooi Lin, former chief financial officer (CFO) Cho Wee Peng and several former board members will start on Aug 11, nearly three years after they were charged with violations of the Securities and Futures Act.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>新加坡 - 备受期待的 Hyflux 创始人及前首席执行官奥利维亚·林（Olivia Lum Ooi Lin）、前首席财务官（CFO）曹伟平（Cho Wee Peng）及数名前董事会成员的刑事审判将于 8 月 11 日开始，距他们因违反《证券与期货法》被起诉已近三年。</p>
</div><p>Already, one of the defendants has thrown in the towel.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>目前，已有一名被告选择认罪。</p>
</div><p>In total, seven individuals have been charged over Hyflux’s intentional failure to disclose information relating to the Tuaspring Integrated Water and Power Project, among other things. But six are contesting their charges in a 56-day trial scheduled to run from Aug 11 to Feb 5, 2026.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>总共有七名个人因 Hyflux 故意未披露与 Tuaspring 综合水电项目相关的信息而被起诉，其他事项也包括在内。但六名被告将在计划于 8 月 11 日至 2026 年 2 月 5 日进行的为期 56 天的审判中对指控提出抗辩。</p>
</div><p>The charges were filed more than a year after the failed water treatment firm was approved for winding up in 2021, leaving about 34,000 investors of perpetual securities and preference shares, who had sunk in a combined $900 million, with nothing.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这些指控是在这家失败的水处理公司于 2021 年获准清算一年多后提出的，约 34,000 名持有永续证券和优先股的投资者共计损失了 9 亿美元，最终一无所获。</p>
</div><p>On Aug 11, the prosecution will proceed on 11 charges against the six defendants. This includes two of the six charges Lum faces. The remaining four charges against Lum will be taken into consideration for sentencing, if found guilty.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在 8 月 11 日，检方将对六名被告提出 11 项指控。这包括林面临的六项指控中的两项。对林的其余四项指控将在判决时考虑，如果被判有罪。</p>
</div><p>The two charges proceeding against Lum relate to her consenting to Hyflux omitting information relating to Tuaspring, when disclosure was required under Singapore Exchange (SGX) listing rules. According to the charge, this information was necessary to avoid the establishment of a false market in Hyflux’s securities.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>对林提出的两项指控与她同意 Hyflux 在需要披露的情况下省略与 Tuaspring 相关的信息有关，这违反了新加坡交易所（SGX）的上市规则。根据指控，这些信息对于避免在 Hyflux 证券中建立虚假市场是必要的。</p>
</div><p>According to the charge, she consented to intentionally failing to notify SGX that the Tuaspring project was Hyflux’s expansion into a new business of selling electricity, and that the plant’s profitability was contingent on electricity sales revenue, which was projected to make up a significant proportion of its overall revenue.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>根据指控，她同意故意未通知 SGX，Tuaspring 项目是 Hyflux 扩展到销售电力的新业务，而该工厂的盈利能力依赖于电力销售收入，预计这将占其整体收入的相当大一部分。</p>
</div><p>If convicted of this charge, Lum, 64, faces up to seven years’ jail, a fine of up to $250,000, or both.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>如果被判有罪，64 岁的林面临最高七年的监禁、最高 25 万美元的罚款，或两者兼施。</p>
</div><p>Lum was also charged over Hyflux’s omission to disclose the information about Tuaspring in the offer information statement issued for the offer of $200 million, 6 per cent preference shares on April 13, 2011.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>林还因 Hyflux 在 2011 年 4 月 13 日发行的 200 百万美元、6% 优先股的要约信息声明中未披露与 Tuaspring 相关的信息而被起诉。</p>
</div><p>If convicted of this charge, she faces up to two years’ jail, a maximum fine of $150,000, or both.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>如果被判有罪，她面临最高两年的监禁、最高 15 万美元的罚款，或两者兼施。</p>
</div><p>Cho, 56, who was also Hyflux’s group executive vice-president, was charged with conniving in Hyflux’s omission to disclose the information about Tuaspring.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>56 岁的曹伟平，曾担任 Hyflux 的集团执行副总裁，被控共谋 Hyflux 未披露与 Tuaspring 相关的信息。</p>
</div><p>The former Hyflux independent directors (IDs) also charged with disclosure-related offences are: Teo Kiang Kok, 69; Christopher Murugasu, 66; Gay Chee Cheong, 69; and Lee Joo Hai, 69.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>其他被控与披露相关罪名的前 Hyflux 独立董事包括：邱强国（Teo Kiang Kok，69 岁）、克里斯托弗·穆鲁加苏（Christopher Murugasu，66 岁）、蔡志强（Gay Chee Cheong，69 岁）和李如海（Lee Joo Hai，69 岁）。</p>
</div><p>The four men were charged with two counts each – one for neglect relating to Hyflux’s failure to disclose information relating to Tuaspring as required, and another for omitting material information in the 2011 offer information statement.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这四名男子各被控两项罪名 - 一项是因 Hyflux 未按要求披露与 Tuaspring 相关的信息而疏忽，另一项是因在 2011 年要约信息声明中遗漏重要信息。</p>
</div><p>But one other independent director, Rajsekar Kuppuswami Mitta, on Aug 7 pleaded guilty to a charge of neglect in relation to an announcement by Hyflux to the Singapore Exchange on March 7, 2011.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>但另一名独立董事拉杰塞卡尔·库普斯瓦米·米塔（Rajsekar Kuppuswami Mitta）在 8 月 7 日对一项与 Hyflux 于 2011 年 3 月 7 日向新加坡交易所发布的公告相关的疏忽罪名认罪。</p>
</div><p>The announcement stated that Hyflux had been named the “preferred bidder” by national water agency PUB to build and operate Singapore’s second and largest seawater desalination plant in Tuas for a concession period of 25 years.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>该公告指出，Hyflux 被国家水务机构 PUB 选为在 Tuas 建设和运营新加坡第二大海水淡化厂的 “首选投标人”，特许经营期为 25 年。</p>
</div><p>It also mentioned that a power plant would be built to supply electricity to the desalination plant, and that excess power would be sold to the power grid.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>公告还提到将建设一座发电厂为淡化厂提供电力，且多余的电力将出售给电网。</p>
</div><p>But it did not disclose that Hyflux was going into the business of selling electricity for the first time.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>但公告并未披露 Hyflux 首次进入电力销售业务。</p>
</div><p>A second charge, for non-disclosure related to Hyflux’s April 13, 2011, offer, was taken into consideration during sentencing.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>第二项与 Hyflux 于 2011 年 4 月 13 日的要约相关的未披露罪名在判决时被考虑。</p>
</div><p>Rajsekar, a 68-year-old Australian citizen and Singapore permanent resident, was fined $90,000 over the company’s failure to disclose information relating to the Tuaspring project in 2011 as required.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>68 岁的澳大利亚公民及新加坡永久居民拉杰塞卡尔因公司在 2011 年未按要求披露与 Tuaspring 项目相关的信息而被罚款 9 万美元。</p>
</div><p>He was also barred from acting as a company director for five years.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>他还被禁止担任公司董事五年。</p>
</div><p>Corporate governance advocate Mak Yuen Teen said that Rajsekar’s sentence “may be a combination of lower culpability and his guilty plea”.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>企业治理倡导者麦云天（Mak Yuen Teen）表示，拉杰塞卡尔的判决 “可能是较低的责任感和他的认罪的结合”。</p>
</div><p>In seeking the $90,000 fine for Rajsekar, Deputy Public Prosecutor Kevin Yong noted that the harm caused was high while Rajsekar’s culpability was low. The prescribed sentence is a fine of up to $250,000, a jail term of up to seven years, or both.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在寻求对拉杰塞卡尔处以 9 万美元罚款时，副检察官 Kevin Yong 指出，造成的伤害很大，而拉杰塞卡尔的责任感较低。规定的刑罚是最高 25 万美元的罚款、最高七年的监禁，或两者兼施。</p>
</div><p>Corporate finance lawyer Robson Lee, a partner at Kennedys Law, noted that: “The fact that one independent director pleaded guilty before the start of trial does not affect the legal positions of the other IDs or executive director and CFO to defend the charges against each of them.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>企业金融律师罗布森·李（Robson Lee），肯尼迪律师事务所的合伙人指出：“在审判开始前，一名独立董事认罪并不影响其他独立董事或执行董事和 CFO 对各自指控的辩护法律地位。”</p>
</div><p>The charges against the seven followed a joint probe in June 2020 by the Commercial Affairs Department, the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>对这七人的指控源于 2020 年 6 月商业事务局、新加坡金融管理局和会计与企业监管局的联合调查。</p>
</div><p>The probe was initiated after a review of Hyflux’s compliance with accounting and auditing standards, as well as disclosure rules. It looked at whether there were lapses in Hyflux’s disclosures concerning the Tuaspring project, and non-compliance with accounting standards between 2011 and 2018.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>该调查是在对 Hyflux 的会计和审计标准以及披露规则的合规性进行审查后启动的。调查关注 Hyflux 在 2011 年至 2018 年期间是否在 Tuaspring 项目的披露中存在失误，以及是否违反会计标准。</p>
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