SINGAPORE - The star prosecution witness in the trial of former Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) Director Ng Boon Gay came under intense scrutiny by defence lawyers yesterday, a day after she told a packed courtroom that she had been forced to perform oral sex on the top cop.
Senior Counsel Tan Chee Meng listed numerous inconsistencies in former IT executive Cecilia Sue Siew Nang's testimony, queried how she could remember some facts in great detail but lost track of others, and then grilled her on suggestive text messages she had sent to Ng, with a view to setting out his case that the relationship was consensual.
Ng, 46, faces four counts of allegedly obtaining oral sex from Ms Sue, 36, in exchange for assisting her companies in their bids for contracts with the CNB.
Noting that Ms Sue had told the court that Ng had propositioned her for the first time in July last year, Mr Tan yesterday revealed that in Ms Sue's first statement to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) on Dec 20 last year, she said that she had sexual intercourse with Ng at an apartment at Great World City in June 2009.
The statement, paragraphs of which Mr Tan read out to the court, included a graphic description of the sexual encounter between the pair.
She also said in the statement that she developed "more liking for Boon Gay" after the incident, even though she felt guilty. (She likes being abused?)
But Ms Sue claimed yesterday that the statement was invalid as she made it out of "fear". She said she also did not want to "implicate anyone" including herself.
She added that she subsequently "picked up the courage to adjust my mistake", and went back to the CPIB to make new statements which she thought would "supersede" the original statement. (Meaning after talking or thinking thru how to make the story more creditable)
In between tears, she said: "I was really very tired."
Rejecting the defence counsel's suggestion that she had a consensual sexual relationship with Ng, Ms Sue insisted that she did not have "physical intimacy" with Ng. She said the incident on Dec 20 last year was yet another one where Ng forced her to perform oral sex on him. (how to force if one do not open her mouth?)
Mr Tan also quizzed Ms Sue if she was denying she had sex with Ng because it may "affect custody of your daughter if divorce proceedings are commenced".
Ms Sue replied that she and her husband "are still living happily together".
Ms Sue has alleged that Ng had forced her to perform oral sex on him on four occasions, between July and December last year. The pair first met in early 2009.(meaning NBG did it knowing her for 3 years, if he is a bastard it should happen much earlier)
Asked to describe her relationship with Ng, Ms Sue said she first knew him as a customer, then he became a "friend".
Reading out a series of suggestive text messages that Ms Sue sent to Ng - some sent just days after she claimed that she was forced to perform oral sex on him - Mr Tan questioned Ms Sue whether she sends "dirty" SMSes to friends.
To which, Ms Sue replied: "(Maybe) jokes to pull their leg." (after she was sexually abused? Weird)
Referring to a message that Ms Sue sent to Ng, Mr Tan questioned: "Jokes like, 'Do you DIY?'"
Ms Sue claimed that the message was a "typo". Pressed on what she understood "DIY" to mean, Ms Sue cited home-fix stores. (1st typo then home fixed stores? She is lying)
On July 2 last year, Ms Sue sent a message to Ng which read: "I could have three hours with you. We had fun". Hours later, at 1am, she sent another message: "She's home?" (confirmed gf then will do this)
On Dec 1 last year, Ms Sue also sent a message "M U" - which meant "miss you" - to Ng. When Ng did not reply, Ms Sue sent another message the next day: "You ignore me how how how".
Ms Sue had alleged that Ng forced her to perform oral sex on him on Dec 2. But on Dec 5, she sent another "miss you" message to Ng. The next day, she sent him two messages, "you ignore me", and "where's family day?"
On Dec 14, three days after Ng's fourth alleged offence, Ms Sue messaged: "sad sad can we turn back the clock?". Ng replied: "back to Great World City time?" (meaning they fucked already which CS is denying)
District Judge Siva Shanmugam adjourned yesterday's hearing mid-way, after Mr Tan's request for time to take instructions from his client on the phone records - spanning more than a year - between Ng and Ms Sue. The records were provided by the prosecution at the end of business day on Monday, Mr Tan pointed out.
Towards the end of the hearing, Ms Sue told the judge: "I hope to finish this as soon as possible. I cannot take the media outside and all that."
The judge reassured her that she should be able to stand down as a witness next Monday. He will also grant her breaks while she is on the stand.
The trial continues.
If convicted, Ng could be jailed up to five years and fined S$100,000 for each charge.
Contradictory statements
In her first statement to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) on Dec 20 last year, Ms Cecilia Sue Siew Nang said she had sexual intercourse with former Central Narcotics Bureau director Ng Boon Gay at an apartment at Great World City in June 2009. She also said she felt guilty after the encounter but she developed "more liking for Boon Gay". (meaning the fuck was good)
In court on Wednesday, Ms Sue claimed that Ng had propositioned her for the first time in July last year.
Yesterday, she denied having had sex with Ng and claimed that her first statement to the CPIB was false. She said she was frightened and did not want "to implicate anyone", including herself, when she gave the statement. She also insisted that she had "no physical intimacy with the accused".
Ms Sue had sent a series of suggestive SMSes and Whatsapp messages to Ng - some just days after she claimed that she was forced to perform oral sex on Ng. Asked by Ng's lawyer, Senior Counsel Tan Chee Meng whether she sent "dirty SMS" to friends, Ms Sue replied that she may send "jokes to pull their leg". Referring to a message that Ms Sue had sent Ng, Mr Tan questioned: "Jokes, like 'Do you DIY?'" In response, Ms Sue claimed that there was a "typo" in that message and that she understood "DIY" to refer to home-fix stores.