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Questions raised over Cecilia Sue's 11 hours at CPIB
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20121101-380754.html
SINGAPORE - She was held at the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) headquarters for more than a day the first time she was called in to give her statements last December.
But in the time former IT sales manager Cecilia Sue Siew Nang spent there, hours passed, unaccounted for. In fact, the longest stretch which was not logged spanned over 11 hours.
The occasion was when her first three statements were taken for investigations involving former Central Narcotics Bureau director Ng Boon Gay.
On Dec 19 last year, Ms Sue was taken to CPIB at 3.15pm, but her first statement was recorded from 2.50am to 5.35am.
This was revealed on the seventh day of Ng's trial yesterday.
The hearing in the Subordinate Courts, which resumed after a month-long break, saw the deputy director of CPIB's investigation department, Mr Teng Khee Fatt, take the stand.
Ng, 46, is charged with four counts of obtaining sexual gratification from Ms Sue, 36, between June and December last year.
Doubt had been cast over whether she was lying in court, or to the CPIB in earlier statements.
Her first four statements said that she and Ng were involved in an intimate relationship. But in subsequent statements and court testimony, she claimed that Ng forced her into sexual acts.
Mr Teng, who joined the CPIB in 1979, told the court that Ms Sue had not seemed confused, tired or upset after statements were taken. He said he was not sure what happened during the long periods in between officially-recorded statements.
Defence lawyer Tan Chee Meng also probed why Mr Teng did not question Ms Sue's "distinct shift in position".
He asked:"As a seasoned investigator, if she were to come to you and change (her) position, would you not have asked her why?"
Mr Tan also said on Jan 12 - the day Ms Sue's fifth statement was taken - Mr Teng had spent four hours speaking to her after her statement was taken.
Logs in Mr Teng's work diary said that she checked the statement but did not wish to sign it, said Mr Tan.
Mr Tan added: "It seems to me the four hours was (spent) to persuade her to sign the statement... What did you promise her?"
Mr Teng said that nothing was promised and that Ms Sue had spoken to him about her marital and work concerns.
When asked by the prosecution if he was questioning the integrity of the witness, Mr Tan said: "I have good basis to suggest that the change in position by Cecilia Sue was not done voluntarily by her."
Mr Teng will take the stand again today.