# Sebastian Teo > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sebastian_Teo > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sebastian_Teo.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Teo > Source revision: 1355877836 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Singaporean politician and businessman}} {{family name hatnote|[Teo](/source/Zhang_(surname))|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox person | name = Sebastian Teo Kway Huang | native_name = 张培源 | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1947}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | education = [Nanyang University](/source/Nanyang_University),
[National University of Singapore](/source/National_University_of_Singapore),
[University of Southern Queensland](/source/University_of_Southern_Queensland) | occupation = Executive director, politician | political_party = [National Solidarity Party](/source/National_Solidarity_Party_(Singapore)) | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = }} '''Sebastian Teo Kway Huang''' ({{lang-zh|s=张培源|p=Zhāng Péiyuán}}; born 1947) is a Singaporean politician and businessman. He was formerly the president of the [National Solidarity Party](/source/National_Solidarity_Party_(Singapore)) (NSP).{{cite web |url=http://www.nsp.sg/CECmembers |title=NSP CEC Members | National Solidarity Party |access-date=2011-04-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401204708/http://www.nsp.sg/CECmembers |archive-date=2011-04-01 }} ''NSP : CEC Members'' == Education == Teo holds a [Bachelor of Arts (Honours)](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) degree from [Nanyang University](/source/Nanyang_University), a [Master of Business Administration](/source/Master_of_Business_Administration) degree from the [National University of Singapore](/source/National_University_of_Singapore) and a master's degree in Strategic Marketing Management from the [University of Southern Queensland](/source/University_of_Southern_Queensland). == Career == Teo began his career as an executive officer in the [Ministry of Defence](/source/Ministry_of_Defence_(Singapore)) (MINDEF). He left MINDEF in 1975 and subsequently served as the executive director of Knight Royal Management International, the academy director for Strategy Academic Research, and as general manager of companies in [China](/source/China) and [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan). He also worked extensively as a [management consultant](/source/Management_consulting) and was a part-time lecturer for the [University of South Australia](/source/University_of_South_Australia) and the Asia Pacific International University, in addition to teaching stints with the [NUS Business School](/source/NUS_Business_School) and the Singapore Chinese Chamber Institute of Business. ===Political career=== Teo first stepped into the political arena in the [2001 general election](/source/2001_Singaporean_general_election), in which the NSP's candidates stood under the banner of the [Singapore Democratic Alliance](/source/Singapore_Democratic_Alliance) (SDA). Teo was part of the five-member SDA team in the [Tampines Group Representation Constituency](/source/Tampines_Group_Representation_Constituency) together with [Yip Yew Weng](/source/Yip_Yew_Weng), [Christopher Neo](/source/Christopher_Neo), [Foo Kok Wah](/source/Foo_Kok_Wah) and [Abdul Rahim bin Osman](/source/Abdul_Rahim_bin_Osman). The SDA team was defeated by the team from the governing [People's Action Party](/source/People's_Action_Party) (PAP) made up of [Mah Bow Tan](/source/Mah_Bow_Tan), [Yatiman bin Yusof](/source/Yatiman_bin_Yusof), [Ong Kian Min](/source/Ong_Kian_Min), [Sin Boon Ann](/source/Sin_Boon_Ann) and [Irene Ng](/source/Irene_Ng). The SDA team took 26.7% of the valid votes to the PAP's 73.3%. In the [2006 general election](/source/2006_Singaporean_general_election), Teo was a member of the SDA team in the [Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency](/source/Jalan_Besar_Group_Representation_Constituency), together with [Fong Chin Leong](/source/Fong_Chin_Leong), [Cheo Chai Chen](/source/Cheo_Chai_Chen), [Vincent Yeo](/source/Vincent_Yeo) and [Muhamad Ali bin Aman](/source/Muhamad_Ali_bin_Aman). They went up against the PAP team of [Lee Boon Yang](/source/Lee_Boon_Yang), [Yaacob Ibrahim](/source/Yaacob_Ibrahim), [Heng Chee How](/source/Heng_Chee_How), [Lily Neo](/source/Lily_Neo) and [Denise Phua](/source/Denise_Phua). The SDA team took 30.7% of the valid votes to the PAP's 69.3%. Following the 2006 general election, the NSP withdrew from the SDA and Teo took over the leadership of the party from [Steve Chia](/source/Steve_Chia). At the [2011 general election](/source/2011_Singaporean_general_election), Teo stood as a member of the NSP team in the [Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency](/source/Chua_Chu_Kang_Group_Representation_Constituency) together with [Tony Tan Lay Thiam](/source/Tony_Tan_Lay_Thiam), [Hazel Poa](/source/Hazel_Poa), [Nor Lella Mardiiiah Mohamed](/source/Nor_Lella_Mardiiiah_Mohamed) and [Jeisilan Sivalingam](/source/Jeisilan_Sivalingam) against the PAP team of [Gan Kim Yong](/source/Gan_Kim_Yong), [Alvin Yeo](/source/Alvin_Yeo), [Zaqy Mohamad](/source/Zaqy_Mohamad), [Alex Yam](/source/Alex_Yam) and [Low Yen Ling](/source/Low_Yen_Ling). The NSP team took 38.8% of the valid votes to the PAP's 61.2%. In the [2015 general election](/source/2015_Singaporean_general_election), Teo returned to the [Tampines Group Representation Constituency](/source/Tampines_Group_Representation_Constituency) which he had contested in 2001. His NSP team took 27.9% of the valid votes, losing to the PAP team led by [Heng Swee Keat](/source/Heng_Swee_Keat) which won 72.1%. In the [2020 Singaporean general election](/source/2020_Singaporean_general_election), Teo ran in [Sembawang GRC](/source/Sembawang_Group_Representation_Constituency) where his team took 32.71% of the valid votes against the PAP team which won 67.29% of the votes. ==Corruption conviction and bankruptcies== In September 1979, Teo was arrested by Singapore's [Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau](/source/Corrupt_Practices_Investigation_Bureau). The anti-corruption bureau believed that over a nine-month period from March to December 1975, when Teo was working at the Ministry of Defence, he had taken money on 12 occasions from a vegetable supplier in exchange for information regarding the successful vegetable supply contractor and the price of vegetables contracted, with the total amount paid to Teo being S$60,200.{{cite web|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19790915-1.2.26.aspx?q=%22sebastian+teo%22&page=1&sort=oldest&token=teo,sebastian&sessionid=7a4cd38af64c48e98bb74c2255713f98|title=Former officer faces $60,000 graft charges|website=Eresources.nlb.gov.sg|access-date=10 December 2017}} Teo subsequently pleaded guilty to two charges of corruption in November 1979, with ten other charges taken into consideration. He was fined S$15,000 and ordered to pay a penalty S$10,500 for the court proceedings.{{cite web|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19791102-1.2.85.aspx?q=%22TEO+KWAY+HUANG%22&page=1&sort=relevance&token=huang,kway,teo&sessionid=e921a0560ee64c088d673b0c0407e58e|title=Ex-Mindef man fined $15,000 for graft|website=Eresources.nlb.gov.sg|access-date=10 December 2017}} Receiving and adjudication orders under the Bankruptcy Act were twice issued against Teo in 1985{{cite web|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19850525-1.2.79.23.1.aspx?q=%22TEO+KWAY+HUANG%22&page=1&sort=oldest&token=huang,kway,teo&sessionid=431e716e2bd1459dba0ee39de3a4811d|title=Page 18 Advertisements Column 1|website=Eresources.nlb.gov.sg|access-date=10 December 2017}} and 1986.{{cite web|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19860319-1.2.56.19.4.aspx?q=%22teo+kway+huang%22&page=1&sort=relevance&token=huang,kway,teo&sessionid=b1a94d9c7a254efd8ebc7e5e2edc096c|title=Page 16 Advertisements Column 4|website=Eresources.nlb.gov.sg|access-date=10 December 2017}} Details of Teo's past convictions and bankruptcy were published in an article on the [TR Emeritus](/source/TR_Emeritus) website on 22 August 2015.[http://www.tremeritus.com/2015/08/22/nsp-a-party-in-turmoil/ NSP – a party in turmoil] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918010153/http://www.tremeritus.com/2015/08/22/nsp-a-party-in-turmoil/ |date=2015-09-18 }}. TR Emeritus, 22 August 2015. In a subsequent post on the NSP's Facebook page, Teo claimed that he was innocent of the corruption charges, but that fear and a lack of legal experience had led him to plead guilty. He stated that: "I deferred to the advice of my legal and financial advisors. In hindsight, I wish I had not done so."[http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/nsp-president-sebastian/2078168.html NSP president Sebastian Teo accuses rivals of 'gutter politics'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831035719/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/nsp-president-sebastian/2078168.html |date=2015-08-31 }}. Channel NewsAsia, 26 August 2015. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110508044127/http://nsp.sg/teams/chua-chu-kang/ ''NSP website : Chua Chu Kang - Sebastian Teo Kway Huang''] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20111004223944/http://bschool.nus.edu.sg/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=YRy87eMgPmc=&tabid=1771&mid=5732 ''NUS Business School - Newspaper Clip of The Sunday Times dated 17 Apr 2011 - NSP names Chua Chu Kang lineup''] * [https://sg-elections.com/candidates/t.html ''Singapore-Elections.com : Singapore Election Candidates (T)''] {{DEFAULTSORT:Teo, Sebastian Kway Huang}} Category:National Solidarity Party (Singapore) politicians Category:Nanyang University alumni Category:National University of Singapore alumni Category:Singaporean people of Chinese descent Category:Living people Category:1947 births --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sebastian Teo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Teo) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Teo?action=history)). 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