Sue-Cecilia : He forced me down to his groin area
SINGAPORE: Cecilia Sue Siew Nang was called to the stand on Wednesday in the continuing trial of former Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) chief Ng Boon Gay.
Ms Sue was called to the stand on Wednesday afternoon for the second day of Ng's trial.
Ng, 46, faces four counts of corruption.
He allegedly obtained oral sex from Ms Sue on four occasions, in exchange for furthering the business interests of her then employers - Hitachi Data Systems and Oracle Corporation Singapore.
Ms Sue was a strategic sales director at Hitachi from April 2010 to November last year.
And in late November 2011, she joined Oracle as a senior sales manager.
The 36-year-old testified as key prosecution witness on the second day of the trial, giving graphic details of her meetings with Ng.
She told the court how Ng forced her head down on four occasions in 2011 when they met to chat.
These four incidents took place at various carparks, including Mount Faber, Hort Park and Singapore General Hospital.
Ms Sue, dressed in a white shirt with black blazer and skirt, said she would struggle to move away from Ng's groin area and would tell Ng off.
She said Ng would then promise not to repeat his actions.
This prompted prosecution to ask why she continued to meet Ng.
To this, Ms Sue said she is only a "normal sales representative" and that she didn't want to offend Ng and sour relations with CNB.
During the two-hour on the stand, Ms Sue described more than three times that Ng was "well-connected".
By the end of the first hour, Ms Sue broke down and choked back tears when prosecution questioned her about her meetings with Ng.
Ms Sue will take the stand again on September 27.
In the morning hearing, Oracle's managing director Mr Leslie Ong took the stand again.
He told the court that Ms Sue was in charge of servicing the CNB account.
Under Senior Counsel Tan Chee Meng's cross-examination, the court heard that the company had no plans to engage CNB during their planning review process in December 2011
Mr Ong said for FY2012 to FY2014, forecasts from the planning review showed that there was no business contemplated with CNB for that period.
During the cross-examination, Mr Ong said Ms Sue was aware that in terms of potential business with CNB, there was nothing in the pipeline in the next three years.
Mr Ong also told the court that in mapping out and ranking the top officials of the agencies under the Home Affairs Ministry, Ms Sue was just following protocol and nothing was unusual.
Defence counsel Tan also touched on the compliance of the code of ethics at Oracle.
To that, Mr Ong said there are strict policies against corrupt practices and that all employees are expected to complete a course on ethics online.
- CNA/fa
