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will mr seah , like woffles wu, get off with juz a $1000 fine
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COZ D LAW IS NOT ON HIS SIDE ...... will he b send 2 jail n get free meals??
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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1215156/1/.html
Yellow Ribbon Project champion embroiled in court case
By Claire Huang | Posted: 23 July 2012 1506 hrs
SINGAPORE: A champion of the Yellow Ribbon Project, which helps reformed offenders start afresh, is embroiled in a court case.
Seah Hock Thiam, an ambassador for Industrial & Services Co-operative Society, is accused of abetting Mohamad Azmi Abdul Wahab to pervert the course of justice.
Industrial & Services Co-operative Society is the organisation that started the Yellow Ribbon Project.
The 45-year-old allegedly did so by instigating Mohamad Azmi in August 2009 to engage Salami Badrus to take the rap for a traffic offence that supposedly was committed on August 12 by his friend, Ho Ah Huat.
Mr Ho is the former chief executive officer of Scorpio East Entertainment.
Seah, chairman of several companies, including Esun International, is also charged with abetting Mohamad Azmi to get Rosniwati Jumani to take the rap for a separate traffic offence also committed on August 12, by Mr Ong Pang Aik.
Mr Ong was named Entrepreneur of the Year by Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards in 2011.
He is also the chairman and managing director of construction firm Lian Beng Group.
Mr Ong and Mr Ho are long time friends and the two men also knew the accused.
On Monday, the court heard from Mr Ong that he had mentioned his traffic summons to Seah, who said he would "settle" the matter.
Mr Ong was issued a traffic summons where he was fined S$120 and given three demerit points for what he said was a parking offence.
Taking the stand, Mr Ong told the court he left Seah to settle the matter and left it as that.
Some time after that, the men met at a hungry ghost festival auction and the matter of the summons resurfaced.
Mr Ong said he asked the accused if he needed to pay the fine.
Seah told him there was no need for that.
Mr Ong said he trusted Seah and took his word for it.
At the auction, Mr Ong said he bidded for wine and treated a group to it, including Seah.
Under the prosecution's grilling, Mr Ong said he was surprised to hear of the accusation as it was the first he heard of it.
If convicted, Seah faces a maximum jail term of seven years and a fine on each count.
The trial is ongoing.
- CNA/wm/ck
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