Ng Teck Lee

Ng Teck Lee (born 1966) is a Singaporean businessman and alleged fraudster. The former chief executive officer and president of recycling company Citiraya Industries, he fled Singapore in 2005 while under investigation for the misappropriation of S$72 million worth of electronic waste. In December 2024, he was arrested in Malaysia and extradited to Singapore.

Business career A high school dropout, Ng briefly worked as a truck driver for a plastics-recycling company before co-founding Citiraya Industries with his elder brother, Raymond Ng Ah Hua, in 1988. Ng Teck Lee served as the company’s chief executive officer, while his brother held the position of general manager.

By 2002, Citiraya had expanded its operations to at least eleven countries and was entrusted with recycling electronic waste from manufacturers such as AMD, Agilent, Cisco, Infineon, Intel, and STMicroelectronics.

In 2006, Citiraya Industries was rebranded as Centillion Environment & Recycling. The company later merged with an American firm in 2012 and was renamed Metech International.

Fraud allegations In December 2004, a U.S.-based client of Citiraya Industries filed a complaint after discovering that its scrap computer chips had surfaced in Taiwan instead of being recycled and crushed in Singapore. In response, Taiwanese authorities raided several local firms associated with Citiraya in January 2005. Around the same time, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) in Singapore launched an investigation into Citiraya's operations. Before 19 January 2005, Ng fled Singapore, prompting the issuance of an Interpol Red Notice for his arrest.

Several individuals linked to Ng were arrested and convicted for their involvement, including his brother, Ng Teck Boon, who was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment in 2005.

On 3 December 2024, after more than nineteen years on the run, Ng and his wife were arrested in Johor Bahru, Malaysia by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). They were extradited to Singapore the same day. On 24 December, both were denied bail after prosecutors successfully argued that they had the means to escape from Singapore's jurisdiction as they were using fake identification documents while abroad and had funds overseas. , the case was still under CPIB's investigation.

On 8 May 2026, his wife Thor Chwee Hwa was sentenced to a year and 10 months’ jail after admitting to opening a bank account used to receive ill-gotten gains.

On 20 May 2026, he received an additional 38 charges for offences including corruption and theft.

Personal life Ng is married to Thor Chwee Hwa (born 1969). The couple jointly owned a bungalow in Binjai Park and a residence in Paya Lebar.