Phey Yew Kok BBM (Chinese: 彭由国; pinyin: Péng Yóuguó; born 1934) is a former Singaporean politician and union leader.
In November 1969, Phey was slashed in the thigh while exiting from the Union House located on Beng Wan Road.
[11] On 21 July 1970, he was again slashed by four men over union infighting at Stirling Road, which left him a 7.5 cm scar on his face.
[12] Phey entered into politics in the 1972 Singaporean general election under People's Action Party banner for Boon Teck constituency, and won 66.8% of the votes cast there.
[10] Subsequent investigations found that Phey left Singapore on 31 December 1979 for Kuala Lumpur via train, thereafter proceeded to Thailand where he disappeared.
CPIB officers had travelled to Thailand to look for him, and even Thai authorities had conducted raids to find Phey despite having no extradition treaty between the two countries.
[22][23] In a Parliament session on 12 March 1984, it was revealed that the total money lost by the unions and union-related enterprises between 1975 and 1979 was $704,173.93.
[24] While on the run in Thailand, Phey worked odd jobs to support himself and had no permanent address as he had no form of identification with him.
[26] In addition to the general secretary positions at SILO and PIEU, Phey was also removed from his directorship at the Singapore Labour Foundation and ceased to be a member of Skills Development Fund's advisory council.
[29][30] An annual popular invitational basketball tournament, in Phey's namesake, which was first held in 1976 by SATU, SILO and PIEU, was cancelled in 1980.
[33][34] Despite calls for a by-election, the seat remain vacant until the 1980 Singaporean general election which was held at the end of the year.
[35][36] Officials associated with Phey in the various trade unions were implicated in this case, with ten faced charges of ranging from criminal breach of trust to abetting after CPIB had conducted further investigations.