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US asks Singapore to extradite former execs in navy bribery scandal.

Singapore today

SINGAPORE: The United States has sought the extradition of two former executives of a Singapore-based defence contractor at the centre of a bribery scandal that has rocked the US Navy, government lawyers said Monday (Sep 19).

A spokeswoman for Singapore's Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) told AFP the office has "received extradition requests from the US government" for the former executives of Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA).

"AGC has acted on these requests and the matter is now fixed for committal hearing before the State Courts on Sep 21, 2016," she said.

A US Department of Justice statement issued on Sep 15 said Neil Peterson and Linda Raja, both Singaporeans, were charged in San Diego in California in relation to the scandal which has tarnished top US naval officers. Both were arrested in Singapore.

GDMA owner Leonard Glenn Francis is awaiting sentencing in the US after he admitted in January last year that his company, which provided port services,

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