SINGAPORE, July 26 -- A married couple who ran several catering businesses, including Royal Cuisine Group and Tingkat Singapore, have each been fined S$72,000 (RM237,283) for failing to pay salaries to over 100 employees in Singapore, The Straits Times reported.

Wu Wenchun, 37, and Sim Ling Zhen, 31, pleaded guilty to 12 charges under the Employment Act. Each faces 66 weeks' jail if the fines are not paid. An additional 13 charges, including failure to report their change of residence, were taken into consideration during sentencing.

According to Singapore's Ministry of Manpower (MOM), the couple's companies - Royal Cuisine Group, Yanxi and Healthy Meals Catering - owed 103 employees a total of S$432,870.63 in unpaid salaries. Only S$73...