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</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Chinese national says he asked her about her husband's genitals </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Khushwant Singh
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Ms Lin Yanmei (left) said senior anti-graft officer Neo Siong Leng had humiliated her and her daughter during interrogation last year. -- ST PHOTOS: WONG KWAI CHOW
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->A CHINESE national who accused a senior anti-graft officer of hitting her during an interrogation, took the stand yesterday and said he also asked her about the size of her husband's genitals.
Ms Lin Yanmei, who was then being investigated by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) for entering a marriage of convenience with a Singaporean, said principal senior investigator Neo Siong Leng also called her a prostitute, and an ugly one at that.
Speaking through a court interpreter, Ms Lin, 41, a clinic assistant, said she felt very humiliated, but never expected the interview to turn painful.
Neo, 33, is on trial for throwing a plastic file at Ms Lin and causing a cut on her lip and a chipped tooth on Jan14 last year. He has also been charged with hurting her knee when he kicked a table which hit her leg.
When Ms Lin was at the CPIB building in Lengkok Bahru that morning, she was initially interviewed by another officer.
After lunch, Neo took over.
She said he started the interview by banging a book on the table in the interview room.
He spoke to her very loudly and was very fierce, she said on the witness stand.
Neo kept insisting that she admit that her marriage was a sham and she did not have sex with her husband.
When she denied his accusations, he demanded she tell him the size of her husband's penis and its distinguishing marks, Ms Lin said.
She did so but it did not stop Neo from saying that she had married Mr Chan Hon Kwan, 59, only to become a prostitute here.
She said he then called her ugly and said that was the reason she had to bring along her 16-year-old daughter to also be a prostitute here.
She then pleaded with him: 'You humiliated me and that's enough. Please don't humiliate my daughter.'
The daughter was from a previous marriage. Her first husband died in 1991.
She said that after she had her dinner in the small interview room, Neo took her to his office to record a statement.
There, he kicked a table that hit her knee.
Later, he hit her with a black plastic file causing her lower lip to bleed.
She said that she was in great pain but added that she was unsure whether it was intentional or accidental.
She also said that the investigation into her marriage had ended with the couple being issued with a stern warning by the CPIB.
On Thursday, Mr Chan testified that he had married her as he was feeling lonely. His wife had died of cancer in 1969.
Cross-examination by Neo's lawyer Subhas Anandan had to be adjourned to Monday as Ms Lin felt faint.
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</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Chinese national says he asked her about her husband's genitals </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Khushwant Singh
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Ms Lin Yanmei (left) said senior anti-graft officer Neo Siong Leng had humiliated her and her daughter during interrogation last year. -- ST PHOTOS: WONG KWAI CHOW
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->A CHINESE national who accused a senior anti-graft officer of hitting her during an interrogation, took the stand yesterday and said he also asked her about the size of her husband's genitals.
Ms Lin Yanmei, who was then being investigated by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) for entering a marriage of convenience with a Singaporean, said principal senior investigator Neo Siong Leng also called her a prostitute, and an ugly one at that.
Speaking through a court interpreter, Ms Lin, 41, a clinic assistant, said she felt very humiliated, but never expected the interview to turn painful.
Neo, 33, is on trial for throwing a plastic file at Ms Lin and causing a cut on her lip and a chipped tooth on Jan14 last year. He has also been charged with hurting her knee when he kicked a table which hit her leg.
When Ms Lin was at the CPIB building in Lengkok Bahru that morning, she was initially interviewed by another officer.
After lunch, Neo took over.
She said he started the interview by banging a book on the table in the interview room.
He spoke to her very loudly and was very fierce, she said on the witness stand.
Neo kept insisting that she admit that her marriage was a sham and she did not have sex with her husband.
When she denied his accusations, he demanded she tell him the size of her husband's penis and its distinguishing marks, Ms Lin said.
She did so but it did not stop Neo from saying that she had married Mr Chan Hon Kwan, 59, only to become a prostitute here.
She said he then called her ugly and said that was the reason she had to bring along her 16-year-old daughter to also be a prostitute here.
She then pleaded with him: 'You humiliated me and that's enough. Please don't humiliate my daughter.'
The daughter was from a previous marriage. Her first husband died in 1991.
She said that after she had her dinner in the small interview room, Neo took her to his office to record a statement.
There, he kicked a table that hit her knee.
Later, he hit her with a black plastic file causing her lower lip to bleed.
She said that she was in great pain but added that she was unsure whether it was intentional or accidental.
She also said that the investigation into her marriage had ended with the couple being issued with a stern warning by the CPIB.
On Thursday, Mr Chan testified that he had married her as he was feeling lonely. His wife had died of cancer in 1969.
Cross-examination by Neo's lawyer Subhas Anandan had to be adjourned to Monday as Ms Lin felt faint.
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