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June 24, 2009
On trial for hurting suspect
By Khushwant Singh
Neo Siong Leng (left) claimed that it was an accident when his shoe hit Ms Lin Yanmei as he was questioning her on suspicion that she had entered into a marriage of convenience with a Mr Chan Hon Kwan, a Singaporean. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
A SENIOR anti-graft officer who allegedly flung a plastic file at a suspect he was interviewing told a court on Wednesday that it was actually his shoe that hit her.
It was entirely an accident, claimed Neo Siong Leng, 33, through his lawyer Subhas Anandan.
That day in January last year, as Neo was interviewing Ms Lin Yanmei, a 41-year-old Chinese national, he was wearing his father's shoes, which were a size too big.
As he kicked something, the shoe flew off his foot and hit her in the face, giving her a 2cm long cut on her lip, Mr Anandan told the court.
The lawyer said he intended to show the court how this happened.
Neo, 33, a principal senior investigator with the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) has also been charged with hurting Ms Lin's knee that same day when he kicked a table, which hit her leg.
He has been suspended from duties on half pay since last November.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Samuel Chua told the court that Neo was questioning Ms Lin on suspicion that she had entered into a marriage of convenience with a Mr Chan Hon Kwan, a Singaporean.
At 11pm, two other officers in the CPIB Building heard a woman screaming.
When they entered the room where Neo was with Ms Lin, they saw blood on her lips and on her blouse. They took her to Singapore General Hospital.
Read the full report in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
June 24, 2009
On trial for hurting suspect
By Khushwant Singh
Neo Siong Leng (left) claimed that it was an accident when his shoe hit Ms Lin Yanmei as he was questioning her on suspicion that she had entered into a marriage of convenience with a Mr Chan Hon Kwan, a Singaporean. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
A SENIOR anti-graft officer who allegedly flung a plastic file at a suspect he was interviewing told a court on Wednesday that it was actually his shoe that hit her.
It was entirely an accident, claimed Neo Siong Leng, 33, through his lawyer Subhas Anandan.
That day in January last year, as Neo was interviewing Ms Lin Yanmei, a 41-year-old Chinese national, he was wearing his father's shoes, which were a size too big.
As he kicked something, the shoe flew off his foot and hit her in the face, giving her a 2cm long cut on her lip, Mr Anandan told the court.
The lawyer said he intended to show the court how this happened.
Neo, 33, a principal senior investigator with the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) has also been charged with hurting Ms Lin's knee that same day when he kicked a table, which hit her leg.
He has been suspended from duties on half pay since last November.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Samuel Chua told the court that Neo was questioning Ms Lin on suspicion that she had entered into a marriage of convenience with a Mr Chan Hon Kwan, a Singaporean.
At 11pm, two other officers in the CPIB Building heard a woman screaming.
When they entered the room where Neo was with Ms Lin, they saw blood on her lips and on her blouse. They took her to Singapore General Hospital.
Read the full report in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
