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Sep 14, 2009
Kangaroo judge believes CPIB officer was wearing his father's shoes
By Khushwant Singh
During the eight-day trial that started in June, Mr Neo demonstrated in court how the shoe could have gone flying
A SENIOR anti-graft officer was acquitted on Monday on charges of injuring a suspect he was interviewing last year.
District Judge Ch'ng Lye Beng said that the prosecution had failed to prove that Mr Neo Siong Leng, 33, had intended to hurt Chinese national Lin Yanmei in his office in the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau building at Lengkok Bahru.
The victim was also unsure of the intention of the CPIB officer, said the judge.
Mr Neo, a principal senior investigator, was accused of throwing a plastic file at Ms Lin, 41, who was being investigating for entering into a marriage of convenience with a Singaporean man.
He was also charged with hurting her knee that same day when he kicked a table, which hit her leg.
Mr Neo told the court that it was entirely an accident,
At the interview of Ms Lin in January last year, he said he was wearing his father's shoes, which were a size too big.
As her marriage certificate had fallen on the floor, he said he tried to kick it away from her so as to pick it up but the shoe flew off his foot and hit Ms Lin. She suffered a 2cm long cut on her lip.
During the eight-day trial that started in June, Mr Neo demonstrated in court how the shoe could have gone flying.
Mr Neo, who has been suspended from duties on half pay since last November , said he was very relieved with the verdict.
'I'm looking forward to going back to work,' he added
Sep 14, 2009
Kangaroo judge believes CPIB officer was wearing his father's shoes
By Khushwant Singh
During the eight-day trial that started in June, Mr Neo demonstrated in court how the shoe could have gone flying
A SENIOR anti-graft officer was acquitted on Monday on charges of injuring a suspect he was interviewing last year.
District Judge Ch'ng Lye Beng said that the prosecution had failed to prove that Mr Neo Siong Leng, 33, had intended to hurt Chinese national Lin Yanmei in his office in the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau building at Lengkok Bahru.
The victim was also unsure of the intention of the CPIB officer, said the judge.
Mr Neo, a principal senior investigator, was accused of throwing a plastic file at Ms Lin, 41, who was being investigating for entering into a marriage of convenience with a Singaporean man.
He was also charged with hurting her knee that same day when he kicked a table, which hit her leg.
Mr Neo told the court that it was entirely an accident,
At the interview of Ms Lin in January last year, he said he was wearing his father's shoes, which were a size too big.
As her marriage certificate had fallen on the floor, he said he tried to kick it away from her so as to pick it up but the shoe flew off his foot and hit Ms Lin. She suffered a 2cm long cut on her lip.
During the eight-day trial that started in June, Mr Neo demonstrated in court how the shoe could have gone flying.
Mr Neo, who has been suspended from duties on half pay since last November , said he was very relieved with the verdict.
'I'm looking forward to going back to work,' he added