NUS defends decision to sack ex-law don

[Administrator]

Whatever Tey and NUS are disclosing is only scratching the surface of the whole issue. There are many things not mentioned.

SINGAPORE - National University of Singapore (NUS) yesterday defended its decision to fire former law don Tey Tsun Hang last year, over charges of corruption, which he was later cleared of on appeal.

A spokesman, responding to queries from The Straits Times, said Mr Tey was sacked after NUS found that he had breached the terms and conditions of his contract.

These terms included a summary dismissal or termination of employment without prior notice, for misconduct or gross impropriety.

"NUS takes a very strong stand against faculty who behave in a grossly inappropriate manner in their interactions with our students," said the spokesman.

Her remarks were in response to Mr Tey's application for a High Court judicial review of the university's decision to sack him in May last year. He had already been suspended by NUS in July 2012.

Mr Tey, in court papers filed last week, is claiming there was a breach of natural justice as he was not given a hearing. He is asking the court to quash the university's decision and be reinstated.

He was first charged with corruption in May 2012 over allegations that he accepted gifts and sex from Ms Darrine Ko, a former law student at NUS.

Full statement from the National University of Singapore (NUS) spokesperson:

"Mr Tey Tsun Hang has made an application to the Court and chosen to cause it to be promptly announced in the media. The statement that Mr Tey released to the media failed to point out that under the terms and conditions of Mr Tey's appointment at NUS, termination may be effected without prior notice and without payment of any compensation should he be convicted by a court of law of any crime which in the opinion of the University is likely to bring NUS into disrepute. In addition, the University may exercise its rights of summary dismissal should Mr Tey be guilty of misconduct or gross impropriety; or if he fails to perform his duties and/or obligations or observe any of the terms and conditions of his appointment.

While the Court has cleared Mr Tey of the corruption charges, High Court Judge Woo Bih Li, in his judgment, noted that Mr Tey abused his position as a lecturer, took advantage of Ms Darrine Ko to satisfy his greed and lust and breached NUS policies.

NUS takes a very strong stand against faculty who behave in a grossly inappropriate manner in their interactions with our students. Under our Code of Conduct, University staff are expected to conduct themselves with honesty and propriety, and perform their duties in a professional and conscientious manner. The University suspended Mr Tey on 27 July 2012 and terminated his appointment on 28 May 2013.

As Mr Tey's application to the Court is a legal matter, we have referred this case to our lawyers."

 

[gingerlyn]

here is another piece of news which you never get from 154TH Media.
This info is from the lawyers in the market!


Intricacies of Prof. Tey's case, that many of us the laypersons would not be aware of:

(1) NUS delivered its dismissal letter even before Prof. Tey had left the court room on the day of his conviction - it jumped the gun like mad;

(2) Now that the conviction is overturned, NUS is in a bind for dismissing a tenured professor who had yet to exhaust all avenue for justice at that time;

(3) During the trial, the Attorney-General got NUS declared as a public body, so that it could get what it wanted: criminal presumption of guilt could then be invoked against Prof. Tey. This is despite the fact that we all know NUS has long been operating as a private body (with public guarantee). All NUS employees, especially the management staff know that fact day in day out. So even librarians in NUS are public body and any dispute shall be refered to High court instead of MOM.

(4) As a public body, from the Supreme Court declaration that the Attorney-General had obtained, it means the Supreme Court must also accord the public law rights to Prof. Tey now - to hear how a public body fails in standing up to natural justice and infringing fundamental rights.

(On the other hand, if this is a private company dismissing an employee in a wrongful manner, it is a case for Ministry of Manpower, not the Supreme Court. A layperson may think, "Now the A-G wishes he never asked for that declaration in the first place.")

The "judicial consistency" is the key here. Singapore legal system cannot apply its standard selectively just to meet certain party's interests. The world will be watching.

 

[tanwahtiu]

Singapore under 50 years of PAP has turned into a sick nation.

here is another piece of news which you never get from 154TH Media.
This info is from the lawyers in the market!


Intricacies of Prof. Tey's case, that many of us the laypersons would not be aware of:

(1) NUS delivered its dismissal letter even before Prof. Tey had left the court room on the day of his conviction - it jumped the gun like mad;

(2) Now that the conviction is overturned, NUS is in a bind for dismissing a tenured professor who had yet to exhaust all avenue for justice at that time;

(3) During the trial, the Attorney-General got NUS declared as a public body, so that it could get what it wanted: criminal presumption of guilt could then be invoked against Prof. Tey. This is despite the fact that we all know NUS has long been operating as a private body (with public guarantee). All NUS employees, especially the management staff know that fact day in day out. So even librarians in NUS are public body and any dispute shall be refered to High court instead of MOM.

(4) As a public body, from the Supreme Court declaration that the Attorney-General had obtained, it means the Supreme Court must also accord the public law rights to Prof. Tey now - to hear how a public body fails in standing up to natural justice and infringing fundamental rights.

(On the other hand, if this is a private company dismissing an employee in a wrongful manner, it is a case for Ministry of Manpower, not the Supreme Court. A layperson may think, "Now the A-G wishes he never asked for that declaration in the first place.")

The "judicial consistency" is the key here. Singapore legal system cannot apply its standard selectively just to meet certain party's interests. The world will be watching.

 

[laksaboy]

http://sg-truth.blogspot.com/2012/08/prof-tey-tsun-hang-msian-and-darinne-ko.html

Prof Tey Tsun Hang a Pet of Tony Tan's son-in-law

Despite being investigated in Apr by CPIB in the sex-for-grades case, Prof Tey Tsun Hang was allowed to continue teaching in NUS Law School until 26 July when he was charged in court and then suspended by NUS Law School on the same day.

Such special treatment was not granted to former SCDF Commissioner Peter Lim, ex-CNB Director Ng Boon Gay and NParks' Bernard Lim. These men were all suspended from duty once CPIB began investigations. Why is Prof Tey any different?

Unknown to many Singaporeans, Prof Tey is the favourite of the current NUS Law School Dean, Prof Simon Chesterman, who also happens to be the son-in-law of Singapore's President Tony Tan. Prof Chesterman allowed Prof Tey to continue teaching young impressionable female students while drawing his salary despite being fully aware of the on-going CPIB investigations.

Even though Prof Tey has broken the moral trust between teacher and student, NUS continues to place faith in him.

Prof Tey is a close associate of various judges and men in the corridors of power that rule. Otherwise, how would a Singapore PR and Malaysian come to be appointed as a district judge and state counsel in Singapore where political masters are especially wary of enemies from up north. How often do you see a PR in the upper echelons of the civil service?

There are speculations saying that Prof Tey might be not be convicted of the charges or the punishment would be a light slap on the wrist due to some back-door brokering.

http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/2011/11/lee-kuan-yews-singapore-all-in-family.html

Singapore's state controlled newspaper "Today" of Nov 1, 2011 has the story "New Law Dean at NUS". It says "A successor has been found for the longest serving dean at the National University of Singapore law school". "The NUS announced yesterday that with effect from January Professor Tan Cheng Han (present dean) will be succeeded by Professor Simon Chesterman, 39".

There are 2 interesting things in Chesterman's appointment which if one knows anything about Singapore, wouldn't be interesting at all. Firstly he is only 39, which by any standards is pretty young for any lawyer, let alone, the Dean of a Law Faculty. As for me, at 39 I was just beginning to understand the law, as most other mortals would be.

But his relatively young age in such high elevation would not be surprising anymore if one knew who he was. Yes you guessed it. He has high connections at high places. He is married to none other than Patricia Tan the daughter of the President of Singapore, an ethnic Chinese Tony Tan.

Patricia Tan Shu Ming (Daughter of Tony Tan, wife of Simon Chesterman)

 

[kezgtree]

http://sg-truth.blogspot.com/2012/08/prof-tey-tsun-hang-msian-and-darinne-ko.html



http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/2011/11/lee-kuan-yews-singapore-all-in-family.html




Patricia Tan Shu Ming (Daughter of Tony Tan, wife of Simon Chesterman)

its call " who you know and not what you know"....aka connections

 

[laksaboy]

its call " who you know and not what you know"....aka connections

Merely knowing someone is only beneficial on a superficial level. Becoming part of an established family tree is on an entirely whole new level.

 

[rushifa666]

I'd expand on it a little and say it's who you offend and if they are related to the familee. Remember lky's bitch of a daughter?

 

[sense]

Keep this sick guy Tey away from our daughters.

Prof: I had sex on sofa with another student
By Chai Hung Yin
The New Paper
Monday, Jan 14, 2013

SINGAPORE - The sofa in his office was in a rich shade of red. It was where law professor Tey Tsun Hang allegedly had sex with Miss Darinne Ko Wen Hui, now 23, twice.

In statements to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), however, Tey had also alleged that he had sex with another female student on that two-seater sofa.

Yesterday, he told the court that the statement was "a false confession" and was made under "harsh treatment".

Tey named her in court when he was making an application to the court for her examination transcript.

Tey told the court that he had made a statement to the CPIB which said he had "corruptly extracted sex" from her.

The statement also said that he had taken a number of personal items from the woman, who graduated in 2009.

Clad again in a lawyer's robe while standing in the dock, Tey is defending himself, with his solicitor, Mr Peter Low, advising him.

The name of another former student was also mentioned in court yesterday.

But there were no details on the nature of the relationship between Tey and the man, who graduated in 2010.

The names of both former students were raised during Tey's application for their complete four-year result transcript and the raw marks and grades of their Directed Research thesis, which they took under Tey.

These applications were part of 44 requests for disclosure of information that Tey made to the court at the start of the proceedings yesterday, which kept Miss Ko, the prosecution's first witness, off the witness stand for more than half the day yesterday.

The other requests are also related to the grades of Miss Ko and two other students from her cohort.

One of them includes a male student whom Miss Ko called her "best friend" several times on the first day of the trial on Thursday.

That student is also listed as a prosecution witness.

These applications by Tey were not new - he had earlier made criminal motions for documents from NUS, the public prosecutor and Alexandra Hospital to the High Court.

But two of the motions were dismissed by Justice Quentin Loh in late September.

A criminal motion is an application for a court order, specifically in a criminal proceeding. Documents obtained via the court order could potentially be used as evidence in a trial.

In response to Tey's renewed request for the woman's grades yesterday, Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Andre Jumabhoy said that Tey "knows fully well that there are no charges for this count".

He also said that how Tey had acted towards the woman is irrelevant for the purpose of this trial.

He also raised the issue that the "constant repetition against CPIB can and should be properly made to the officers when they come to the court to give evidence".

Among the 44 things that Tey asked for are the grades, examination booklets and ranking of Miss Ko in various subjects for various academic years.

'Waste of time'

Towards the end of the morning's proceedings, Mr Jumabhoy said the applications by Tey were "a complete waste of time".

Chief District Judge Tan Siong Thye also told off both parties, saying the whole morning had been "wasted on unnecessary things" which should have been sorted out earlier.

"Why are you wasting our time," the judge asked Tey.

The prosecution argued that the information Tey asked for isn't relevant to the trial and that he has been given the documents he is entitled to.

Tey said: "I take strong objection to my learned prosecution's remarks that it is a complete waste of the court's time.

"It is tantamount to saying that the defendant has financial position to waste on counsel's speed."

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[Debonerman]

Oh my shit! why is everybody zeroing in on Patricia? Why no one recognize me? The PAP cocksucking porlumpar! I am an actress! Kym! Brian! Lina! Tell them! Help!

 

[gingerlyn]

different style but same tactics by bastard to silent dissents

In law, sub judice, classical Latin literally for "under judgment" (Latin sub iūdice : sub, beneath, before + iūdice, ablative of iūdex, judge.), means that a particular case or matter is under trial or being considered by a judge or court and therefore prohibited from public discussion elsewhere.


That's not stopping the Ministry of Health (MOH) from blabbing about it. Worse, as Ravi pointed out, MOH is not party to Mr Ngerng's contract of employment. Tan Tock Seng Hospital's (TTSH) sacking may be a case of jumping the gun, given the lawsuit - which neither involves TTSH and MOH - has yet to run its course. Having said that, we know that an opposition political leader did lose his job over taxi claims.

TTSH and MOH are not legal experts, so maybe we can cut them a little slack. But that leeway cannot be extended to the National University of Singapore (NUS) which is supposed to have a reputable Law Faculty.

Professor Tey Tsun Hang is back in the limelight, after filing papers in an attempt to get the High Court to force NUS to reinstate his position as tenured professor. One fine point of law has to do with carrying out displinary proceedings against him before initiating the firing. The sacking was another instance of jumping the gun, as he was free to appeal, and which happened to turn in his favour. The decision was "illegal, irrational and procedurally improper," Tey claims.

We are dealing with academics here, and their interpretation of the law may be different from practitioners. Here we have NUS appearing to be cognizant of sub judice, saying "As Mr Tey's application to the court is a legal matter, we have referred this case to the lawyers", right after going on in lurid detail about misconduct and impropriety. When do these guys ever learn to shut up?

Which reminds us of a practising lawyer who also failed to zip up, and went down defending a "public dialogue" on CPF titled “CPF – An Honest Conversation”. Let the lawyers define "public" and "honest". Mere mortals have better things to do, you know, take care of the mortage, put food on the table, get to work on time and avoid being sacked at the drop of a hat.

 

[Papsmearer]

Merely knowing someone is only beneficial on a superficial level. Becoming part of an established family tree is on an entirely whole new level.

he is unique in that he is an EGG. White on the outside, yellow on the inside. Perhaps that is what endeared him to the Familee. In a country where angmos run rampant, he is the antithesis of anton casey. He is an angmo that speaks Mandarin fluently, and also dislikes humanitarian concepts (just like the PAP). Well, he is related to gay loong now by marriage. He will have a long and prosperous career here. He is the opposite of Wooden's daughter, who is a BANANA.

 

[Debonerman]

I am an Indian dog. Nandri.

 

[WongMengMeng]

Prof: I had sex on sofa with another student
By Chai Hung Yin
The New Paper
Monday, Jan 14, 2013
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Not bad arh, Vinnie and Foo Jie Ying remembered to delete the photo of non-red sofa from photo bucket. PAP IBs are getting their act together. Now, if only they will resurrect this LockeLiberal so I can have some fun demolishing him.

:oIo::kma:

Law prof: I changed D grade to A after sex and gifts

April 11, 2013 - 1:05am

By: Foo Jie Ying

Ah Meng says: "This is not a red sofa. ST reporters are either colour blind or playing hard and fast with the facts, as they have always done. Click below for a truly RED sofa."

http://www.ikea.com/sg/en/catalog/products/S09904042/

 

[Administrator]

Whatever it is, the court say he is not guilty so nothing matters. Now is the time for justice.

 

[rushifa666]

Its political. They want to end his career. But I'd think twice about defending scum who fucks their students. No hero in this twisted tale

 

[da dick]

Its political. They want to end his career. But I'd think twice about defending scum who fucks their students. No hero in this twisted tale

that just means there's a whole lot more fucking corruption happening in NUS, but we never find out about it until tony tan's son-in-law need a new job

 

[Sinkie]

Very common..........I've seen my own female classmates going into our lecturer's room so many times and in the open..........

Once, I was purposely waiting outside to see how long my female classmates are inside the lecturer's room and I fell asleep.

BTW, the lecturer is ang moh...........

Ang moh tua kee!!!!!

 

[da dick]

Very common..........I've seen my own female classmates going into our lecturer's room so many times and in the open..........

Once, I was purposely waiting outside to see how long my female classmates are inside the lecturer's room and I fell asleep.

BTW, the lecturer is ang moh...........

Ang moh tua kee!!!!!

i wished i could be tua lanpa nigger teaching english in japan. *SOB

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

Very common..........I've seen my own female classmates going into our lecturer's room so many times and in the open..........

Once, I was purposely waiting outside to see how long my female classmates are inside the lecturer's room and I fell asleep.

BTW, the lecturer is ang moh...........

Ang moh tua kee!!!!!

Nigger kopi uncle pretending to be some nus undergrad. Lanjiao understand.

 

[winnipegjets]

Its political. They want to end his career. But I'd think twice about defending scum who fucks their students. No hero in this twisted tale

It is principle of rule of law that matters here. We can't selectively uphold the law. He didn't commit corruption ...to bend the law to say he did is totally unacceptable in a civil society.