Wee Toon Boon (Chinese: 黄循文; pinyin: Huáng Xúnwén; 25 September 1929 – 26 May 2013) was a Singaporean politician and Member of Parliament for Sepoy Lines Constituency from 1965 to 1976.
[2] Wee was re-elected as general secretary in September 1957 but resigned in November to contest the Kampong Kapor ward in the 1957 Singapore City Council election.
[3] In December 1957, Wee was elected as a city councillor for the Kampong Kapor ward with 51.8% of the votes against Ng Teik Sim of the Liberal Socialist Party.
[12][13] According to an investigation by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), between 5 May 1972 and 20 December 1974,[5] Wee had received bribes worth around S$839,000 from Indonesian property developer Lauw Tjin Ho, also known as Atang Latief,[14] through Wee's former schoolmate and Lauw's company secretary, Ong Keng Kok.
[16] Wee was represented by David Marshall, who described his client as a man who had been "quietly led down the slithering path of hell by a snake".
His appeal lawyer, John Newey, claimed that "there is no provision under any law in Singapore to charge a minister under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
[29] Reflecting on Wee's case in 2000, former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew remarked: "It was painful to confront him and hear his unconvincing protestations of innocence.
[34] The hearing began in August 1996, but Koh dropped the lawsuit after judge G. P. Selvam commented that it "had to fail", especially since the title deed had always been in Wee's name.