Senior officer of a subsidiary of the National Library Board was charged in court yesterday with accepting bribes in returns= for helping an IT firm score contracts with his own company. Lim Sem Peng accept a total of $102,985 from Mr Chia, the managing director of Knowledge Internet Solutions, a software development company that provide IT services to libraries. To cover their track, the money was allegedly paid as "consultation fees" to Astersolf, a company owned by Lim. If convicted, Mr Lim faces a maximum five-year jail term or a fine up to $100,000 or both.
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subsidiary->of lesser importance: having secondary importance, or occupying a subordinate position
adjourned-> to postpone a meeting to another time, or become postponed
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