Charged with perverting justice

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Feb 2, 2010

Charged with perverting justice

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A YOUNG woman who beat the red lights and allegedly paid someone to take the rap on her behalf was charged on Tuesday with intentionally perverting the course of justice. Evangeline Tay Su Ann, 21, a student, is accused of giving property agent Leung Man Kwan, 34, $1,000 in February 2008 in return for her to assume criminal liability for the traffic offence. The money was said to have been given through ex-police officer Kelvin Choo Yew Beng, 38, whose case is pending. Last month, Tay was fined a total of $1,900 and banned from driving for 12 months for various traffic offences along Lornie Road on Jan 22, 2008. Tay, represented by Mr Lim Kia Tong, faces a jail term of up to seven years and fine on conviction. Leung, who has been dealt with, is appealing against her three-month jail sentence. Tay's pre-trial conference is scheduled for Feb 11.

 

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This Evangeline Tay is chio man.

 

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Ex-cop perverted justice

Singapore
Mar 17, 2010

Ex-cop perverted justice

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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> A FORMER senior police officer arranged for a woman friend to take the rap on behalf of another for beating the red light signal. Kelvin Choo Yew Beng, 39, admitted on Wednesday to helping Evangeline Tay Su Ann pervert the course of justice in February 2008 by arranging for one Leung Man Kwan to take the rap on behalf of the 21-year-old for running the light. The former Deputy Superinendent of Police had helped Tay, 21, to pass $1,000 to Leung, 34, who has served her three-month sentence for a similar offence. Now a property consultant, Choo was then the head of curriculum development and methodology at Criminal Investigation Department. He quit two years ago after a 13-year career with the Singapore Police Force. Tay has since been charged with perverting the course of justice and her case is pending. Earlier this year she was fined a total of $1,900 and banned from driving for a year for driving without a valid licence; insurance coverage; and beating the red light signal at the T-junction of Lornie Road and Sime Road on Jan 22, 2008. The prosecution pressed for a deterrent sentence against Choo, whose sentencing was deferred to March 31. He faces a jail term of up to seven years and/or a fine.

 

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Ex-DSP jailed over fall guy

Singapore
Mar 31, 2010

Ex-DSP jailed over fall guy

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Former deputy superintendent Kelvin Choo Yew Beng, 39, had pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice on March 17. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

A FORMER senior police officer was jailed six months by a district court on Wednesday for getting a scapegoat to take the rap for a friend caught for a traffic offence. Former deputy superintendent Kelvin Choo Yew Beng, 39, had pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice on March 17. Court documents said that student Evangeline Tay Sun Ann, 21, ran a red light at the junction of Lornie Road and Sime Road on Jan 22 last year, while driving her Bulgarian boyfriend's car without a driving licence while he was overseas.

Realising that a camera had taken a picture of the car at the time of the offence, Tay called Choo for help as he was a police officer. She told him that she would offer $1,000 to anyone who could take the rap, and Choo roped in Leung Man Kwan. The 34-year-old property agent was willing to be the scapegoat because the extra demerit points would have mattered little to her as she was facing more serious traffic-related offences that included drink-driving. Tay then gave Leung $1,000 through Choo. Tay also paid the $200 traffic fine imposed on the other woman.

In November 2008, Leung was jailed two months, fined $4,800 and banned from driving for 1 1/2 years for hurting a public servant, and also for drink-driving, failing to give a breath specimen and disorderly behaviour. Last year, she served another three months for her role in helping Tay evade justice. Choo, who became a property agent after he quit the police force in 2008, could be fined up to $10,000 and/or jailed for up to seven years. Tay has not been dealt with.

 

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Feb 8, 2011

Fined $2,000 for hiring fall guy for traffic offence

By Khushwant Singh

Evangeline Tay Sun Ann, 22, was fined $2,000 by the district court for perverting the course of justice. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM

SHE got a police friend to rope in a woman to take the rap for beating a red light for the price of $1,000. For perverting the course of justice in 2008, Evangeline Tay Sun Ann, 22, was fined $2,000 on Feb 8.

Through lawyer Lim Kia Tong, Tay, who is now studying for a business degree at the Singapore Institute of Management, said she intends to appeal against the fine.

Her two accomplices were both jailed. Former deputy superintendent of police Kelvin Choo Yew Beng, 40, was sentenced to six months in jail in April last year for getting Leung Man Kwan to take the rap for Tay. For her role, Leung, 35, a property agent, was jailed three months in 2009.

In Tay's case, District Judge Jill Tan said that psychiatric reports indicated that there was a 'causal link' between Tay's depression and the commission of the offence. As she had kept on the right side of the law since 2008 and there was little chance of her repeating the offence, the judge found that it was not necessary to impose probation or a jail term.

Tay had pleaded guilty late last year. Then, the court heard that she ran a red light at the junction of Lornie Road and Sime Road in January 2008. She had taken a Bulgarian business manager's car out for a spin without his consent while he was abroad. Tay, who had been staying in the Bulgarian's house, knew she had been caught as she saw the camera flash go off.

Worried because she was driving without a licence and without the permission of the car's owner, she turned to Choo for help. Tay, who is the last to be dealt with, has also been fined a total of $1,900 for driving the car without a licence, without insurance and for beating the red light.

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