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Corruption in SCDF and CNB
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My guess - between 180k-240k.
That is all? $180,000 to $240,000?
Relatively low compared to the Permanent Secretaries.
What is the range for the CP?
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Chiefs not effort French cooking classes.
Chiefs mostly classified as "Farmers "
PL & NBG they said farmers.
its the "Farmers" they worried.
Not the Elite fast track scholars .
Chiefs not effort French cooking classes.
Chiefs mostly classified as "Farmers "
PL & NBG they said farmers.
its the "Farmers" they worried.
Not the Elite fast track scholars .
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CP should be anywhere between $360k-600k, excluding bonuses and whatever else.
PS separate category. They are Admin Officers.
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Pay too low. No wonder they succumb to temptations
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Naive to link pay to corruption ALL the time. If our civil servants are paid third world salaries, more likely to acquiesce. They aren't. It's decent pay.
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Errr Bros was being sarcastic !
Oh yes, the PS are part of the "elite" Admin Service, and probably so are the SAFOS and SPF Overseas Scholars who transferred to the Admin Service.
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Taiwan civil servants fall for sex video trap
By AFP | AFP*–*Wed, Sep 19, 2012
Nearly 1,000 civil servants in Taiwan must take classes in cyber security after falling for a trap set up by their employer to test Internet safety, an official said on Wednesday.
The government of New Taipei City, near capital Taipei, sent out an email last month which claimed to contain a steamy sex video in order to check how carefully its 6,000 staff were protecting their computers against hacking and virus attacks, she said.
Despite strict bans against checking non-work related emails, nearly 1,000 employees opened the fake email, which alluded to an ongoing and much-publicised celebrity sex scandal.
Those who failed the test will be required to attend a mandatory two-hour Internet security course.
Taiwanese prosecutors are currently investigating the celebrity sex case, which allegedly involves a Taipei socialite drugging and sexually assaulting several women, including models and actresses, local media said.
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The woman at the centre of the high-profile corruption trial involving a former top Singapore civil servant is "clinically depressed" and has been seeking medical treatment since news of the scandal broke.
But questions of whether she was really in love with the accused also surfaced.
On the opening day of the trial of former Central Narcotics Bureau chief Ng Boon Gay on Tuesday, the court heard how Cecilia Sue Siew Nang, 36, has "not been coping well with the situation she's found herself in".
Lawyers said she has been seeing a psychiatrist from the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) for the past three months due to the unprecedented publicity arising from the case.
[Related news:
-- Who is Cecilia Sue?
-- Former CNB chief charged
-- Former CNB chief claims trial]
The former IT executive, a sales manager of Hitachi Data Systems who then moved to Oracle during the* time of the offence, is alleged to have had sex with Ng in order to win favour for contracts with CNB.
Ng's sexual trysts -- all in the form of fellatio -- with Sue occurred on four different occasions between June and December last year. At the time, both her companies had no existing relationship with CNB.
The court also heard how the pair were first introduced by a mutual friend at a pub in Tanjong Pagar in early 2009. Sue at the time had been assigned by her company to market IT products to the Ministry of Home Affairs, of which CNB was one of the agencies under her charge.
Final say in contracts
In its opening statement, the prosecution acknowledged that while Ng had at no time influenced or was directly involved in the process of awarding two separate IT contracts worth S$320,000 related to a project Sue was working on, Ng nevertheless had ultimate sign-off approval on any vendor deals worth up to S$1 million.
Prosecution lawyer Tan Ken Hwee thus claimed Ng "pressured" Sue into performing fellatio on four occasions knowing his final approval was necessary and that she had to maintain a cordial relationship with the government agencies under her purview.
In one specific instance, court documents related how one of the fellatio acts was performed on the same day CNB had officially contracted to buy certain products Sue was marketing.
Meanwhile, Ng's defence lawyer, Tan Chee Ming said Sue had changed her statement several times during an 8.5-hour interrogation.
He claimed her statements swung from "she loves him and wants to leave her hubby for Ng" to saying it was purely a business case. Sue, who is married and has a two-year-old child, also said in her initial statement that "Boon Gay did not help me in any form to secure business with CNB".
Tan said the pair were involved in an "intimate relationship" since 2009 but only when Ng became director at CNB in 2011 was their relationship called into question.**
Senior executives from both companies are due to be called to testify during the trial later this week. Cecilia Sue is also expected to testify in court at some time.
Although she herself did not make a court appearance, Sue dominated Tuesday morning's proceedings, with prosecution lawyers arguing that her identity should remain anonymous and that her name should not be published in media.
The gag order was turned down by judge Siva Shanmugam who ruled that, "The court is not convinced... the prosecution order is turned .
The woman at the centre of the high-profile corruption trial involving a former top Singapore civil servant is "clinically depressed" and has been seeking medical treatment since news of the scandal broke.
But questions of whether she was really in love with the accused also surfaced.
On the opening day of the trial of former Central Narcotics Bureau chief Ng Boon Gay on Tuesday, the court heard how Cecilia Sue Siew Nang, 36, has "not been coping well with the situation she's found herself in".
Lawyers said she has been seeing a psychiatrist from the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) for the past three months due to the unprecedented publicity arising from the case.
[Related news:
-- Who is Cecilia Sue?
-- Former CNB chief charged
-- Former CNB chief claims trial]
The former IT executive, a sales manager of Hitachi Data Systems who then moved to Oracle during the* time of the offence, is alleged to have had sex with Ng in order to win favour for contracts with CNB.
Ng's sexual trysts -- all in the form of fellatio -- with Sue occurred on four different occasions between June and December last year. At the time, both her companies had no existing relationship with CNB.
The court also heard how the pair were first introduced by a mutual friend at a pub in Tanjong Pagar in early 2009. Sue at the time had been assigned by her company to market IT products to the Ministry of Home Affairs, of which CNB was one of the agencies under her charge.
Final say in contracts
In its opening statement, the prosecution acknowledged that while Ng had at no time influenced or was directly involved in the process of awarding two separate IT contracts worth S$320,000 related to a project Sue was working on, Ng nevertheless had ultimate sign-off approval on any vendor deals worth up to S$1 million.
Prosecution lawyer Tan Ken Hwee thus claimed Ng "pressured" Sue into performing fellatio on four occasions knowing his final approval was necessary and that she had to maintain a cordial relationship with the government agencies under her purview.
In one specific instance, court documents related how one of the fellatio acts was performed on the same day CNB had officially contracted to buy certain products Sue was marketing.
Meanwhile, Ng's defence lawyer, Tan Chee Ming said Sue had changed her statement several times during an 8.5-hour interrogation.
He claimed her statements swung from "she loves him and wants to leave her hubby for Ng" to saying it was purely a business case. Sue, who is married and has a two-year-old child, also said in her initial statement that "Boon Gay did not help me in any form to secure business with CNB".
Tan said the pair were involved in an "intimate relationship" since 2009 but only when Ng became director at CNB in 2011 was their relationship called into question.**
Senior executives from both companies are due to be called to testify during the trial later this week. Cecilia Sue is also expected to testify in court at some time.
Although she herself did not make a court appearance, Sue dominated Tuesday morning's proceedings, with prosecution lawyers arguing that her identity should remain anonymous and that her name should not be published in media.
The gag order was turned down by judge Siva Shanmugam who ruled that, "The court is not convinced... the prosecution order is turned .
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How come I don't get this kind of service from my female vendors??
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Hmm... which uniform group are you
from ? So far , SCDF and CNB are
the preferred ...
Hmm... which uniform group are you
from ? So far , SCDF and CNB are
the preferred ...
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SINGAPORE: The former head of the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), Ng Boon Gay, is in court on Tuesday at the start of his 18-day trial, which will take place over three months.
Ng, 46, arrived just after 9am, accompanied by his wife and lawyers, Senior Counsel Tan Chee Meng and Ms Melanie Ho from WongPartnership.
Dressed in a light blue striped shirt, he appeared calm.
Ng has been charged with four counts of corruptly obtaining sexual favours from Ms Cecilia Sue Siew Nang, who was a sales manager of two IT vendors.
He allegedly breached the Prevention of Corruption Act by engaging in oral sex with Ms Sue on four occasions, between June and December 2011.
Ms Sue was the sales manager of Hitachi Data Systems from June to November 2011.
She joined Oracle Corporation Singapore in December last year as its senior sales manager.
In exchange, Ng allegedly furthered the business interests of the two IT companies in their dealings with the CNB.
On Tuesday morning, the prosecution asked for a gag order of Ms Sue, saying she is "not coping well with the situation she is in".
The court heard she is "certified clinically depressed" and that further media coverage and replication of her name is "detrimental to her well being".
But the prosecution said the her depression will not affect her ability to be cross-examined by the defence.
A report by an Institute of Mental Health psychiatrist quoted by the prosecution said Ms Sue has "self-harm" tendencies.
The gag order application was rejected.
Defence counsel Tan Chee Meng objected to it, saying this is the first time he has heard of a central witness being given anonymity.
Mr Tan said confidentiality has irretrievably been lost as Ms Sue's name and pictures have been published.
He said if Ms Sue's identity is protected, then if Ng is accquitted, the public would not know he was cleared of charges relating to her.
The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) arrested Ng on December 19, 2011 under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The government scholar was suspended on January 25, pending disciplinary proceedings.
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SINGAPORE: The former head of the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), Ng Boon Gay, is in court on Tuesday at the start of his 18-day trial, which will take place over three months.
Ng, 46, arrived just after 9am, accompanied by his wife and lawyers, Senior Counsel Tan Chee Meng and Ms Melanie Ho from WongPartnership.
Dressed in a light blue striped shirt, he appeared calm.
Ng has been charged with four counts of corruptly obtaining sexual favours from Ms Cecilia Sue Siew Nang, who was a sales manager of two IT vendors.
He allegedly breached the Prevention of Corruption Act by engaging in oral sex with Ms Sue on four occasions, between June and December 2011.
Ms Sue was the sales manager of Hitachi Data Systems from June to November 2011.
She joined Oracle Corporation Singapore in December last year as its senior sales manager.
In exchange, Ng allegedly furthered the business interests of the two IT companies in their dealings with the CNB.
On Tuesday morning, the prosecution asked for a gag order of Ms Sue, saying she is "not coping well with the situation she is in".
The court heard she is "certified clinically depressed" and that further media coverage and replication of her name is "detrimental to her well being".
But the prosecution said the her depression will not affect her ability to be cross-examined by the defence.
A report by an Institute of Mental Health psychiatrist quoted by the prosecution said Ms Sue has "self-harm" tendencies.
The gag order application was rejected.
Defence counsel Tan Chee Meng objected to it, saying this is the first time he has heard of a central witness being given anonymity.
Mr Tan said confidentiality has irretrievably been lost as Ms Sue's name and pictures have been published.
He said if Ms Sue's identity is protected, then if Ng is accquitted, the public would not know he was cleared of charges relating to her.
The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) arrested Ng on December 19, 2011 under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The government scholar was suspended on January 25, pending disciplinary proceedings.
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Cecilia Sue thinks she has done nothing wrong: Sources
Wed, Jun 13, 2012
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SINGAPORE - Ms Cecilia Sue, the woman who has been implicated in the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) corruption probe, has not left her current job at Oracle Corporation Singapore.
The 36-year-old. a senior sales manager at the multinational, told sources close to her that she had no reason for leaving as she felt she had done no wrong, the report said. She joined the company in November last year.
Ms Sue was one of the women allegedly linked to a sex-for-contracts corruption case regarding the former chief of CNB, Ng Boon Gay, 46.
According to the report, Ms Sue has been married for 13 years to a businessman who is a director of five companies here. She has a one-year-old child and lives in a condominium in central Singapore.
Ng allegedly obtained sexual gratification on four occasions from Sue between June 2011 and December 2011 in return for his help to 'further the business interest' of Hitachi Data Systems and Oracle Corporation Singapore.
The first two instances took place between June and last November when Ms Sue was still a sales manager at Hitachi. The other two incidents are believed to have taken place after she joined Oracle.
However a Straits Times report indicated that it was believed that Oracle had no IT-related dealings with CNB during Ng's term as chief between February last year and his suspension on Jan 25.
Also, HDS, believed to be a sub-contractor for CNB's IT tenders, was not directly awarded any contracts by the agency.
The report further pointed out that though the alleged trysts between Ms Sue and Ng happened over a period of six months, according to the charge sheets, both are said to have been close since 2009.
Ng's wife said in a statement to the media that she has never doubted his professional integrity and will continue to stand by him.
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She is building up her defense.
that she and NBG are going to get marry.
She is building up her defense.
that she and NBG are going to get marry.
Ex-CNB chief in court for sex-for-contracts trial
By Claire Huang, Kimberly Spykerman | Posted: 25 September 2012 1136 hrs
Former Central Narcotics Bureau chief Ng Boon Gay (C) arriving at the Subordinate Courts (Channel NewsAsia file picture)
SINGAPORE: The court on Tuesday rejected a request for a gag order on naming the woman in the centre of the sex-for-contracts case involving former Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) chief Ng Boon Gay.
Ng, 46, was in court at the start of his 18-day trial, which will take place over three months.
Ng arrived just after 9am, accompanied by his wife and lawyers, Senior Counsel Tan Chee Meng and Ms Melanie Ho from WongPartnership.
Dressed in a light blue striped shirt, he appeared calm.
Ng has been charged with four counts of corruptly obtaining sexual favours from 36-year-old Ms Cecilia Sue Siew Nang, who was a sales manager of two IT vendors.
He allegedly breached the Prevention of Corruption Act by engaging in oral sex with Ms Sue on four occasions, between June and December 2011.
Ms Sue was the sales manager of Hitachi Data Systems from June to November 2011.
She joined Oracle Corporation Singapore in December last year as its senior sales manager.
In exchange, Ng allegedly furthered the business interests of the two IT companies in their dealings with the CNB.
When proceedings started at about 10am, Deputy Chief Prosecutor (DCP) of Economic Crimes and Governance Division, Tan Ken Hwee, applied for a gag order to protect the identity of Ms Sue, saying she is "not coping well with the situation she is in".
The court heard she is "certified clinically depressed" and that further media coverage and replication of her name is "detrimental to her well being".
A report by an Institute of Mental Health psychiatrist quoted by the prosecution said Ms Sue has "self-harm" tendencies.
But the prosecution said her depression will not affect her ability to be cross-examined by the defence.
Defence counsel Tan Chee Meng objected to the gag order application, saying this is the first time he has heard of a central witness being given anonymity.
Mr Tan said confidentiality has irretrievably been lost as Ms Sue's name and pictures have been published.
He said if Ms Sue's identity is protected, then if Ng is acquitted, the public would not know he was cleared of charges relating to her.
The District Judge rejected the gag order application, saying he was not convinced it was needed.
In his opening address, DCP Tan Ken Hwee acknowledged that Ng did not influence tenders, committees or his subordinates in acquiring the contracts, nor was he involved in the procurement processes.
However, he noted that Ng had reason to believe that Ms Sue had pursued procurement opportunities and thus insisted on sexual favours knowing she would not reject as she wanted to further business interests.
DCP Tan added that Ms Sue felt pressured into performing oral sex on Ng as she was concerned that the business relationship would be jeopardised.
He also gave evidence of incidents where the alleged dates of oral sex coincided with procurement or business opportunities for Ms Sue.
Defence counsel Tan Chee Meng described the charges as "bad" because these lacked details.
He questioned the prosecution on how Ng could have furthered Ms Sue's business interests if he had no influence on the committee nor instructed his subordinates to show favour.
The first prosecution witness to testify in the afternoon was managing director of Oracle, Mr Leslie Ong.
Through Mr Ong, the prosecution set out Ms Sue's role in Oracle Singapore where he identified Ms Sue as being in charge of the CNB account.
When it came to the defence's turn to cross-examine the witness, sparks flew as prosecution objected to certain requests made by the defence.
These requests included business charts mentioned by Mr Ong.
Mr Ong will be back on the stand on Wednesday.
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Woman 'pressured' into sex act with ex-CNB chief
Prosecution says former IT sales manager was a victim protecting her job
by Amir Hussain 04:46 AM Sep 26, 2012
SINGAPORE - She was portrayed as a victim who was worried about jeopardising her work while he was described as a man who allegedly insisted on sexual favours even though he knew that she was pursuing procurement opportunities with the organisation he headed, and thus would not reject his "sexual overtures because she had business interests in mind".
This was the picture painted by the prosecution yesterday, in its opening address on the first day of the trial of former Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) chief Ng Boon Gay, 46, who faces four counts of allegedly obtaining oral sex from IT executive Cecilia Sue Siew Nang, 36, in exchange for assisting her companies in their bids for contracts with the CNB.
According to the prosecution, Ng - who, along with former Singapore Civil Defence Force chief Peter Lim, is embroiled in the most high-profile corruption cases involving public servants in decades - had allegedly demanded oral sex from Ms Sue "on the same day that CNB officially contracted to buy certain products which she had marketed".
"In addition, on that same day (sometime before the sex act) Cecilia had suggested a specific piece of software to the accused as being something that could help CNB," Deputy Chief Prosecutor (DCP) Tan Ken Hwee said in front of a packed courtroom.
He added: "We say that Cecilia was pressured into performing fellatio for the accused."
According to the prosecution, Ms Sue acceded to Ng's demands because she was concerned "about contracts that she had obtained, and would be seeking to obtain, directly or indirectly, from the Central Narcotics Bureau".
She was also concerned that if she did not give in - or had raised the alarm and reported the incidents - "she would jeopardise the existing commercial relationship" she had built with the CNB.
Ng allegedly obtained sexual gratification from Ms Sue in the form of oral sex on four occasions between July and December last year, with corrupt intent. During this period, Ms Sue worked for Hitachi Data Systems and for Oracle Corporation Singapore, which she joined in November last year. Ms Sue has since left Oracle.
A HIGH BAR FOR CIVIL SERVANTS
The fact that there were no lapses in the procurement processes at the CNB was not material to the case, the prosecution argued.
Under the Prevention of Corruption Act, where a civil servant obtains gratification "from a person that has or is seeking to have business dealings with the Government, he is presumed to have done so corruptly", said Mr Tan.
He added: "All that is required is that the recipient of the gratification had reason to believe that the gratification was offered to him as inducement." This, "even if there is no actual interference with Government procurement process on account of the gratification", he noted.
He reiterated that the prosecution does not "use the criminal justice system to enforce marriage vows", nor to "police morality".
"However the situation is very different when a public officer enters or continues a sexual relationship with a person who has business dealings with the very department that he is in charge of," Mr Tan said.
According to Ng's defence lawyer, Senior Counsel Tan Chee Meng, his client had been in a relationship with Ms Sue from 2009. "Personal indiscretions aside", Ng is not corrupt, the lawyer argued.
Ng's lawyer also applied for the court to order a discharge amounting to an acquittal for his client, on the basis that the charges framed against Ng "are so general and lacking in particulars" that his client is "severely prejudiced, contrary to the proper administration of criminal justice".
The prosecution should ascertain the specific products, or approved contracts that were implicated in the alleged corruption, said the lawyer.
The application was rejected by District Judge Siva Shanmugam. The judge said he found the prosecution's charges sufficiently framed.
CECILIA SUE'S RESIGNATION WAS "PERFORMANCE RELATED"
The trial is slated for 18 days and is expected to take place over three months. Five witnesses - including Ms Sue - will be called by the prosecution.
The first witness to take the stand yesterday was Oracle Singapore's Managing Director Leslie Ong.
Under cross-examination by Ng's lawyer, Mr Ong said that at the material time of the charges, Ms Sue was not handling any CNB accounts.
According to Mr Ong, Ms Sue was interviewed by him, Oracle's in-house legal counsel, and its Human Resource Director, after Ng was charged in June.
However, Ms Sue's resignation from the company in July was "performance related in that she did not achieve her targets", and not due to the outcome of the interview, said Mr Ong.
Mr Ong will continue to take the stand today. Apart from Ms Sue, the other witnesses are the General Manager of Hitachi Systems, the CNB Deputy Director, and an Ministry of Finance official. If convicted, Ng faces up to S$100,000 in fine and/or five years jail for each charge.
No anonymity order for woman witness
by Amir Hussain
The woman at the centre of the high-profile case, Ms Cecilia Sue Siew Nang, 36, is suffering from clinical depression as a result of the media glare, the prosecution told the court yesterday.
It cited her condition yesterday as it sought to apply for an Anonymity Order at the beginning of the trial of former Central Narcotics Bureau chief Ng Boon Gay.
Deputy Chief Prosecutor Tan Ken Hwee, who submitted a psychiatric report on Ms Sue to the court, argued that further publication of Ms Sue's name and pictures will be "detrimental" to her mental well-being, and should be prohibited "in the interest of justice". It is important that Ms Sue gives evidence "without distress to her well-being", Mr Tan added.
The order was not granted, with District Judge Siva Shanmugam saying he was unconvinced by the prosecution's arguments.
It emerged in court that Ms Sue was interrogated by the police for eight hours in January. In her witness statement, Ms Sue - who gave birth to her first child in May 2010 - claimed at one point that she was Ng's lover and she wanted to leave her husband to marry him.
According to the statement of agreed facts submitted to the court, Ng, 46, "got acquainted with Cecilia at a pub in Tanjong Pagar, through a mutual friend", sometime in early 2009 - when he was the Director of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Singapore Police Force.
The statement added that Ms Sue was employed in Sun Microsystems as a Sales Manager between 2007 and 2010. Her responsibilities included looking after customers' accounts and developing new business opportunities.
In April 2010, Ms Sue joined Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) as a Strategic Sales Director. One of the reasons that she was employed at HDS, according to the statement, was her experience with handling government-related accounts with Sun Microsystems.
On Nov 21 last year, Ms Sue joined Oracle Corporation Singapore as a Senior Sales Manager.
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Woman 'pressured' into sex act with ex-CNB chief
Prosecution says former IT sales manager was a victim protecting her job
by Amir Hussain 04:46 AM Sep 26, 2012
SINGAPORE - She was portrayed as a victim who was worried about jeopardising her work while he was described as a man who allegedly insisted on sexual favours even though he knew that she was pursuing procurement opportunities with the organisation he headed, and thus would not reject his "sexual overtures because she had business interests in mind".
This was the picture painted by the prosecution yesterday, in its opening address on the first day of the trial of former Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) chief Ng Boon Gay, 46, who faces four counts of allegedly obtaining oral sex from IT executive Cecilia Sue Siew Nang, 36, in exchange for assisting her companies in their bids for contracts with the CNB.
According to the prosecution, Ng - who, along with former Singapore Civil Defence Force chief Peter Lim, is embroiled in the most high-profile corruption cases involving public servants in decades - had allegedly demanded oral sex from Ms Sue "on the same day that CNB officially contracted to buy certain products which she had marketed".
"In addition, on that same day (sometime before the sex act) Cecilia had suggested a specific piece of software to the accused as being something that could help CNB," Deputy Chief Prosecutor (DCP) Tan Ken Hwee said in front of a packed courtroom.
He added: "We say that Cecilia was pressured into performing fellatio for the accused."
According to the prosecution, Ms Sue acceded to Ng's demands because she was concerned "about contracts that she had obtained, and would be seeking to obtain, directly or indirectly, from the Central Narcotics Bureau".
She was also concerned that if she did not give in - or had raised the alarm and reported the incidents - "she would jeopardise the existing commercial relationship" she had built with the CNB.
Ng allegedly obtained sexual gratification from Ms Sue in the form of oral sex on four occasions between July and December last year, with corrupt intent. During this period, Ms Sue worked for Hitachi Data Systems and for Oracle Corporation Singapore, which she joined in November last year. Ms Sue has since left Oracle.
A HIGH BAR FOR CIVIL SERVANTS
The fact that there were no lapses in the procurement processes at the CNB was not material to the case, the prosecution argued.
Under the Prevention of Corruption Act, where a civil servant obtains gratification "from a person that has or is seeking to have business dealings with the Government, he is presumed to have done so corruptly", said Mr Tan.
He added: "All that is required is that the recipient of the gratification had reason to believe that the gratification was offered to him as inducement." This, "even if there is no actual interference with Government procurement process on account of the gratification", he noted.
He reiterated that the prosecution does not "use the criminal justice system to enforce marriage vows", nor to "police morality".
"However the situation is very different when a public officer enters or continues a sexual relationship with a person who has business dealings with the very department that he is in charge of," Mr Tan said.
According to Ng's defence lawyer, Senior Counsel Tan Chee Meng, his client had been in a relationship with Ms Sue from 2009. "Personal indiscretions aside", Ng is not corrupt, the lawyer argued.
Ng's lawyer also applied for the court to order a discharge amounting to an acquittal for his client, on the basis that the charges framed against Ng "are so general and lacking in particulars" that his client is "severely prejudiced, contrary to the proper administration of criminal justice".
The prosecution should ascertain the specific products, or approved contracts that were implicated in the alleged corruption, said the lawyer.
The application was rejected by District Judge Siva Shanmugam. The judge said he found the prosecution's charges sufficiently framed.
CECILIA SUE'S RESIGNATION WAS "PERFORMANCE RELATED"
The trial is slated for 18 days and is expected to take place over three months. Five witnesses - including Ms Sue - will be called by the prosecution.
The first witness to take the stand yesterday was Oracle Singapore's Managing Director Leslie Ong.
Under cross-examination by Ng's lawyer, Mr Ong said that at the material time of the charges, Ms Sue was not handling any CNB accounts.
According to Mr Ong, Ms Sue was interviewed by him, Oracle's in-house legal counsel, and its Human Resource Director, after Ng was charged in June.
However, Ms Sue's resignation from the company in July was "performance related in that she did not achieve her targets", and not due to the outcome of the interview, said Mr Ong.
Mr Ong will continue to take the stand today. Apart from Ms Sue, the other witnesses are the General Manager of Hitachi Systems, the CNB Deputy Director, and an Ministry of Finance official. If convicted, Ng faces up to S$100,000 in fine and/or five years jail for each charge.
No anonymity order for woman witness
by Amir Hussain
The woman at the centre of the high-profile case, Ms Cecilia Sue Siew Nang, 36, is suffering from clinical depression as a result of the media glare, the prosecution told the court yesterday.
It cited her condition yesterday as it sought to apply for an Anonymity Order at the beginning of the trial of former Central Narcotics Bureau chief Ng Boon Gay.
Deputy Chief Prosecutor Tan Ken Hwee, who submitted a psychiatric report on Ms Sue to the court, argued that further publication of Ms Sue's name and pictures will be "detrimental" to her mental well-being, and should be prohibited "in the interest of justice". It is important that Ms Sue gives evidence "without distress to her well-being", Mr Tan added.
The order was not granted, with District Judge Siva Shanmugam saying he was unconvinced by the prosecution's arguments.
It emerged in court that Ms Sue was interrogated by the police for eight hours in January. In her witness statement, Ms Sue - who gave birth to her first child in May 2010 - claimed at one point that she was Ng's lover and she wanted to leave her husband to marry him.
According to the statement of agreed facts submitted to the court, Ng, 46, "got acquainted with Cecilia at a pub in Tanjong Pagar, through a mutual friend", sometime in early 2009 - when he was the Director of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Singapore Police Force.
The statement added that Ms Sue was employed in Sun Microsystems as a Sales Manager between 2007 and 2010. Her responsibilities included looking after customers' accounts and developing new business opportunities.
In April 2010, Ms Sue joined Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) as a Strategic Sales Director. One of the reasons that she was employed at HDS, according to the statement, was her experience with handling government-related accounts with Sun Microsystems.
On Nov 21 last year, Ms Sue joined Oracle Corporation Singapore as a Senior Sales Manager.
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