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Former CNB director Ng Boon Gay enters the Subordinate Courts on Tuesday afternoon, accompanied by his wife Yap Yen Yen (right). (Yahoo! photo/Jeanette Tan)
Ng Boon Gay's family on 26 September 2012. (Yahoo! photo/ Deborah Choo)
Defence Lawyer, Tan Chee Meng, with ex-Central Narcotics Bureau chief, Ng Boon Gay. Photo taken on the third day of the hearing, 27 September 2012.
(Yahoo! photo/ Deborah Choo)
Defence lawyers accuse Cecilia Sue of lying in court
By Tham Yuen-c
The Straits Times
Saturday, Sep 29, 2012
Defence lawyers accused Ms Cecilia Sue - star witness at the trial of former Central Narcotics Bureau chief Ng Boon Gay - of lying on Friday, and wanted to know whether she had lied to graft officers or was lying in court.
SINGAPORE - A 669-page record was whipped out in court yesterday as evidence in the ongoing sex-for-business case involving former IT executive Cecilia Sue and ex-Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) chief Ng Boon Gay.
It showed that the duo exchanged telephone calls and text messages at all hours of the day, with up to 33 messages being sent by one party to the other in one day.
Lianhe Wanbao reported that Ng had used his office phone in CNB to call Cecilia Sue between August 2010 and November 2011.
She also admitted that she communicated with Ng using the telephone, text messages, Whatsapp and Skype, but denied being intimate with him.
However, Ng's Senior Counsel Tan Chee Meng put to her that she was lying due to the intimate nature of the text messages.
He said the timing of the messages, which took place between 12.12am in the morning and 11.24pm at night, was an indication of their close relationship.
The timing and frequency of their telephone calls to each other were also raised.
According to the Chinese daily, Cecilia Sue called Ng at 1.30am, 1.46a and 3.06am on April 17, 2011.
Cecilia Sue said in court that she could have called him at that timing because she was overseas. Records also showed that Ng had text messaged her at 2.59am and 3.01am.
She said she called him only because he had messaged her and that they usually had phone conversations at such late hours.
When questioned whether she maintained contact with him before May 2010, Cecilia Sue said she did. She is believed to have given birth to her daughter during that period of time.
Ng is believed to have sent a picture of a hotel room he was staying in with his wife during a holiday trip to Cecilia Sue.
According to Lianhe Wanbao, she replied 'so disgusting, the room is nice' and that he could 'order service'.
When asked what she meant by service, she said it merely mean room service and that she did not know whether the room service would be good as she had not stayed there before.
By Rennie Whang
The New Paper
Saturday, Sep 29, 2012
AFTER Ms Cecilia Sue's name was mentioned in charges filed against Ng Boon Gay on June 12, she was interviewed by the human resources director and in-house legal counsel of her employer, Oracle Singapore.
The prosecution's first witness, Oracle Singapore managing director Leslie Ong Yew San, said on Wednesday that e-mail notes from the interview led him to think "it was a personal relationship".
He added: "We did not deliberate and try to read too much into (the notes). We were just very factual about the situation."
A paragraph from the e-mail said Ms Sue had attended the interview with her lawyer.
It was established she knew Ng "way back as a friend, and not through work".
She had also known the Central Narcotics Bureau's (CNB) IT team while she was working at Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), and before Ng had assumed his role at CNB.
She had also stated that interactions with Ng during her time at Oracle Singapore were in a personal capacity, not in a business context.
In the course of these interactions, she showed him pictures of Oracle's products and information, though she also stressed she was not selling them to him.
In any case, he was not the sole decision maker of the procurement process.
Documents from a planning review at the company on Dec 14 last year also showed that no business with CNB had been forecast for the financial years 2012, 2013 and 2014.
Ms Sue had also prepared charts in which she assessed the hierarchies of various Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) agencies, with certain officers identified as "sponsoring executives" - those with the power to approve budgets.
She gave gradings of "high", "medium", "low" and "none" to mark the degree of contact she had with these officers.
Ng was marked as "high" and placed at the top of her chart on the CNB.
It also emerged that she had classified her contact with sponsoring executives at three other MHA agencies as "high", with one of them also the head of his agency.
Singapore's former anti-drug chief Ng Boon Gay and his wife seen at court.
By Leonard Lim And Tham Yuen-c
The Straits Times
Saturday, Sep 29, 2012
SINGAPORE - The corruption trial of Singapore's former anti-drug chief kicked off on Wednesday, with the prosecution claiming he obtained sexual favours from an IT executive despite knowing she wanted business from his agency.
This, the prosecution said, presumes he had corrupt intent under graft laws.
But lawyers for Ng Boon Gay countered that he and Ms Cecilia Sue had been having an affair since 2009, two years before the first of four alleged trysts that he is facing graft charges for.
"(He) does not deny his personal failings in having strayed from his marriage and the fact he had a relationship with Ms Sue which started since 2009," said his lawyer Tan Chee Meng.
"However, personal indiscretions aside, (he) is not corrupt."
Mr Tan questioned why Ng was being charged with corruption for only four of their trysts, when his client had an "intimate" relationship with her that lasted three years.
Ng, 46, the former head of the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), faces four counts of obtaining oral sex from Ms Sue, 36, between July and December last year. This was allegedly in exchange for business favours during her time as a sales manager in Hitachi Data Systems and Oracle Corporation Singapore.
Opening the prosecution's case, Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Ken Hwee said Ms Sue was "pressured" into providing sexual favours because she was concerned that Ng would be offended if she rejected his demands.
Ng, the DPP said, knew, or had reason to believe, that among the reasons she would not reject his demands were that she knew his final approval was needed for procurement matters, and she was concerned about her previous and future IT contracts with CNB.
As the head of an important agency, Ng had the power to approve or reject contracts valued up to $1 million.
DPP Tan said evidence will show that the four sexual acts took place within three contexts:
- CNB had recently acquired or was in the process of acquiring IT products which she marketed.
- Ng knowing from conversations with her that she was interested in having CNB buy her products.
- In one of the charges, Ng had demanded oral sex "on the same day that CNB officially contracted to buy certain products which she had marketed".
She had also suggested on that day a specific piece of software to him as something that could help CNB.
The prosecution acknowledged that the firms Ms Sue worked for were not direct vendors of the CNB at the time of the alleged offences.
But the DPP pointed out that under the Prevention of Corruption Act, if a person insists on gratification from someone who has or is seeking to have business dealings with the Government, his conduct is assumed to be tainted with corrupt intent.
The onus is on Ng to prove otherwise.
The day started with the prosecution applying for an anonymity order to prevent the media from publishing Ms Sue's details or photograph. The DPP said she has been suffering from depression since news of the matter broke.
But Ng's lawyer argued that her details were already public. The request was turned down. Ms Sue, who left Oracle in July, is expected to testify as a witness later this week.
The pair was supposed to meet at Sentosa's Capella Hotel. This was changed to the then-Beaufort Hotel, but when she arrived there, she felt it was too dark.
He left his car there and, in her vehicle, they went to Capella where they had drinks and snacks for about two hours. She drove him back to the Beaufort in her car. After a chat in her car, he suddenly forced her head down to his groin, she said. She said she told him off and he apologised.
Sometime in November 2011, at about 8pm
They met at HortPark in the Alexandra area for drinks and snacks. She brought her iPad along, and she said he asked her to access a pornographic website while he ate. She said she felt disgusted, and that he even knew "whether the video is, for instance, secretly or professionally filmed".
She deleted her iPad's browsing history after dinner. Then, in either his or her car, he started to talk about pornographic sites. She said he then asked her to "help him". After the alleged oral sex, she said she told him off again.
On or around Dec 2, 2011
They met at Keppel Marina for dinner. They went to her car so she could drop him off, but he directed her to Mount Faber. They had a short chat and he suddenly kissed her, she said. She pushed him away and he asked her to "help" him. She was "reluctant" but he pushed her downwards. After this, she said she told him to respect her.
On or around Dec 9, 2011, at about 9pm
Ng was about to leave for a working trip. She was out that night with friends in Evans Road when he said he wanted to meet at a carpark at Singapore General Hospital. She decided to meet him since that was on the way to another of her appointments.
He got into her car there and said it was going to be a "short session". He pulled down his pants and grabbed her hand towards his private parts, but she pulled it away quickly, she said. He then forced her neck and head down, for alleged oral sex again.
By Leonard Lim And Tham Yuen-c
The Straits Times
Saturday, Sep 29, 2012
SINGAPORE - Ms Cecilia Sue, the IT sales manager at the centre of former Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) chief Ng Boon Gay's corruption trial, described in graphic detail on Wednesday how he forced her to perform oral sex on him four times last year.
She teared at times as she told a district court that he wanted sex in parked cars and would force her head to his groin.
She said her encounters with the then director of the CNB happened at carparks at the Hort Park, Sentosa's Beaufort Hotel, the Singapore General Hospital, and Mount Faber, and usually after they had met for dinner or drinks. She said the sex acts lasted from "split seconds" to minutes.
The 36-year-old married mother of one said she did not like being forced to perform the act, but did not make a police report as she did not want to be disgraced, or hurt her family.
Nor did she want to jeopardise her IT contracts with Ministry of Home Affairs agencies. The CNB comes under the ministry too.
Ms Sue had built up relationships with senior officials in some of these agencies over the years, and was known in the industry for having such close links.
Of Ng's requests for oral sex, she said: "I was irritated but didn't want to offend him as he's a high-ranking officer." He was previously head of the Criminal Investigation Department.
Describing him as a well-connected man, she added: "You never know what will happen if you offend someone like that. Better to make a friend than a foe."
Ms Sue added she would have done the sex acts "voluntarily" if she loved him, but all their encounters involved his "pushing" her to do it.
She said he apologised after the first time. She carried on meeting him and thought someone of his stature would keep his word.
Ng, 46, faces four counts of obtaining oral sex in exchange for showing favours when Ms Sue was a sales manager at Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) and Oracle Corporation Singapore. He can be fined up to $100,000 or jailed for up to five years on each charge.
His lawyers' position is that Ng - who was replaced as CNB chief in February - committed personal indiscretions but was not corrupt.
Ms Sue was spotted in the witness room of the Subordinate Courts at about 11.30am on Wednesday, and waited about four hours while the first witness and her former Oracle boss, Mr Leslie Ong, testified.
When the prosecution said at about 3.15pm that it wanted to call Ms Sue as the next witness, defence lawyer Tan Chee Meng objected because she had earlier been listed as the fourth of five prosecution witnesses.
"Criminal litigation is not ambush litigation," he said, urging District Judge Siva Shanmugam to adjourn the case till today so he could prepare. But the judge ruled that he expected both sides to be adequately prepared to question all witnesses.
The gallery was packed with reporters and members of the public when Ms Sue took the stand at about 4pm, dressed in a white blouse, black skirt and jacket.
By Rennie Whang
The New Paper
Saturday, Sep 29, 2012
HE FORCED my head down to make me perform oral sex on him.
That was what the woman at the centre of Singapore's biggest sex-corruption scandal told a packed courtroom on Wednesday.
For nearly two hours, she gave a damning account of how a top public servant accused of corruption had used his position to violate her.
And they were not in a relationship, she said, contradicting a statement she had given the authorities earlier, supposedly professing her love for him.
Wednesday was the second day of the trial of former Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) director Ng Boon Gay, 46.
He faces four counts of obtaining oral sex from Ms Cecilia Sue Siew Nang, 36, then a senior sales manager at Oracle Corporation Singapore, between July and December last year.
Ms Sue, who had been expected to take the stand later this week, made a surprise appearance in the witness stand on Wednesday afternoon.
Looking elegant and sophisticated in a black jacket and skirt, the holder of a Bachelor of Commerce degree made a conscious effort not to face the gallery when fielding questions from Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Ken Hwee.
Ms Sue looked at District Judge Siva Shanmugam as the DPP asked her about the contracts she had handled and her relationship with Ng.
She only turned to him when she was unsure about some questions.
She said CNB was one of her clients and she and Ng would meet occasionally for chats and meals.
One such lunch started happily enough, she said. It was to celebrate her having a good quarter, which saw her company clinching "multiple deals".
One of which, she said, included a storage network sold to CNB. She said they were the only ones at the lunch.
When Mr Tan asked if Ng had asked for anything during the lunch, she said: "He asked when I want to take him."
Mr Tan asked: "What does that mean to you?"
Ms Sue replied: "Common knowledge... taking in his sperm."
She said that from some of Ng's previous conversations with her, it was clear what he was referring to.
She added: "What else could it be?" Ms Sue said she did not entertain his request.
Ng apparently got bolder in July 2011.
Ms Sue said they were supposed to meet at the Capella Singapore hotel at Sentosa.
She had arrived first, but Ng changed the venue to the Beaufort hotel (The Sentosa Singapore) there.
But she didn't like it as the place was too dark, so they headed back to the Capella, where they had drinks and snacks for two hours.
She then drove him back to his car at The Sentosa Singapore.
According to one of her 10 CPIB statements, Ms Cecilia Sue had oral sex with Ng Boon Gay, former director of the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), on the following occasions:
Some time in 2009
Carpark at Prince Edward Road. "It was the first time Boon Gay forced me. I was very sore about it because he broke my favourite accessory," she said in the statement. Ng was CID head at the time. It was not mentioned in court what the accessory was.
July last year
Carpark at The Beaufort Sentosa. Ng was CNB director by now. Ms Sue: "We chatted in the car. And then, all of a sudden, he pushed my head down to his private parts and he shoved his private parts into my mouth. I was very shocked. After I pushed (him) away, I told him off and he apologised."
November last year
Carpark at HortPark. They met for drinks and snacks. Ng told her to access a porn site on her iPad. When they returned to the car, Ng tried to kiss her, then pushed her head down to his crotch. She said: "I struggled and tried to push myself away but while doing so, the private parts got in my mouth. He was very strong."
Dec 2, last year
Carpark at Mount Faber. Ng directed her there for a chat, Ms Sue told the court. He suddenly kissed her and pushed her down to his crotch as she struggled to get out.
She said she managed to push him away, and he wasn't happy as he had not ejaculated.
Aug 26, 2010
Mount Faber, after having dinner at The Scarlet Hotel in Chinatown.
June 2009
At a serviced apartment at Great World City. Ng was still at CID.
Dec 9, last year
Carpark at the Singapore General Hospital. She told the court Ng asked to meet her there. When he got into her car, he told her it would be a short session.
He pulled down his pants and she was again forced to give him oral sex.
Second half of 2009
At a carpark outside the Senior Police Officers' Mess at Mount Pleasant Road. Ng was still at CID.
Second-half of 2009 Halifax Road carpark, near the Tanglin Police Division HQ and KK Women's and Children's Hospital.
Cecilia Sue, the key witness in the corruption trial involving ex-CNB chief Ng Boon Gay was called a liar by Ng's lawyer Tan Chee Meng on Day 5 of the court proceedings on Monday.
This came after the Defence Counsel had to ask Ms Sue six times if the accused Mr Ng had in any way influenced the IT contracts she was bidding for during her stint at Hitachi Data Systems ending in November 2011.
Ms Sue insisted that the accused could have influenced the $320,000 storage system contract which was awarded to Hitachi Data Systems last year.
She also said it was by her own perception of Mr Ng's designation as director of CNB which led her to believe that he could exercise such an influence.
The defence argued that Mr Ng did not do or say anything to give Ms Sue the impression that he could influence the CNB budget, and that she knew it was not possible for him to influence the tender process.
In addition, the accused had specifically told the former IT sales representative that there was nothing he could do as head of CNB to affect the budget.
Ms Sue concurred with these points in her ninth statement to the CPIB in April but changed her stance in court.
The Defence Counsel then proceeded to ask Miss Sue when she first consulted a lawyer to which Ms Sue replied "months ago".
At this point, Deputy public prosecutor Tan Ken Hwee objected to the line of questioning by Defence Counsel Tan Chee Meng.
However, Defence Counsel explained why this was key in determining why Ms Sue had such distinct changes to her statements and oral evidence in court. He was wondering if this could happen after she first sought legal advice from her lawyer.
The Defence then wrapped up his cross examination of Ms Sue by verifying that in the time period which spanned the four alleged offenses, she neither asked Mr Ng for any favours, nor did the accused promise her anything.
Ms Sue is the second of five prosecution witnesses to take the stand, and the corruption trial will resume with the prosecution re-examining their chief witness, Ms Sue.
By Leonard Lim
The Straits Times
Monday, Oct 01, 2012
SINGAPORE - Ng Boon Gay and Ms Cecilia Sue made a pact to keep their relationship a secret because they recognised there would be a conflict of interest, according to a statement she gave to graft investigators.
She also had no intention of getting him to help with her work, defence lawyer Tan Chee Meng revealed in reading out one of at least 10 statements she gave the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB).
Ms Sue had told CPIB officers in an interview on Jan 10: "I have never thought of using sexual acts to get business.
"Yes, there would be conflict of interest. We keep our relationships as secret as possible.
"This is so private, it is an adultery kind... moreover, I don't intend to get him to help me with my work."
The former IT sales manager joined Oracle Corporation Singapore in November last year after working at Hitachi Data Systems.
On Dec 14, she sent Ng phone messages saying she was "sad" and wished they could "turn back the clock".
Senior Counsel Tan sought to show on Friday that this referred to the days when she and Ng did not have direct business dealings, but she said that it was her way of telling him she wanted to keep their relationship cordial.
Ng - who had been posted to head the Central Narcotics Bureau earlier in February last year - replied to Ms Sue's Dec 14 message with this: "Back to Great World City time."
Two new prosecution witnesses testify at ex-CNB chief's trial
By Claire Huang | Posted: 02 October 2012 1440 hrs
Former Central Narcotics Bureau chief Ng Boon Gay (C) arriving at the Subordinate Courts (Channel NewsAsia file picture)
SINGAPORE: Two new prosecution witnesses have testified in the corruption trial of former Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) chief, Ng Boon Gay.
Deputy director of CNB, Mr Marvin Sim, was the third witness to take the stand on the sixth day of the trial.
The prosecution told the court on Tuesday that it would ask Mr Sim to explain the procurement process at the bureau as well as for relevant information relating to the case.
In the later part of the morning, prosecution's fourth witness, general manager (ASEAN) of Hitachi Data Systems, Mr Gunaravi Rajendran, took the stand.
Ms Anita Lai from the Ministry of Finance is expected to take the stand as the fifth witness in the afternoon.
The prosecution proceeded with other witnesses after the defence said it had no more questions for the key witness, Ms Cecilia Sue Siew Nang, at the start of the hearing on Tuesday.
Ms Sue testified for four days -- from September 26, the second day of the trial, till October 1. Ng's trial is set for an 18-day hearing.
On Monday, the prosecution turned against Ms Sue by applying to cross-examine her. The unexpected move meant she was treated as a hostile witness and that prosecution doubted parts of her evidence.
Parts of Ms Sue's oral evidence and her statements to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) were at odds.
This led the prosecution to inform the court on Tuesday that it wished to review the evidence gathered so far and decide whether it would be necessary to call the CPIB officers who recorded Ms Sue's statements as witnesses.
But the defence objected to the move, saying the prosecution should have clarified the doubts during its cross-examination of Ms Sue.
District Judge Siva Shanmugam said the prosecution will have to make the application at the end of the day.
Ng, 46, is accused of obtaining oral sex from Ms Sue in 2011 on four occasions, in exchange for helping to further the business interests of two IT firms she worked for.
The prosecution's first witness was Oracle Singapore's managing director, Mr Leslie Ong.
CNB deputy director testifies in trial of its former chief
By Claire Huang | Posted: 02 October 2012 1203 hrs
Ms Cecilia Sue Siew Nang (R) leaving the Subordinate court on Oct 2, 2012. (Photo: Ernest Chua, TODAY)
SINGAPORE: A new prosecution witness has taken the stand to testify in the corruption trial of former Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) chief, Ng Boon Gay.
Deputy director of CNB, Mr Marvin Sim, is the third witness to take the stand on the sixth day of the trial.
Prosecution told the court on Tuesday that it'll ask Mr Sim to explain the procurement process at the bureau as well as for relevant information relating to the case.
This comes after defence said it had no more questions for the key witness, Ms Cecilia Sue Siew Nang.
Ms Sue took the stand on four days of the 18-day trial.
On Monday, prosecution turned against Ms Sue by applying to cross-examine her.
The unexpected move means she's treated as a hostile witness and that prosecution doubted parts of her evidence.
Ng, 46, is accused of obtaining oral sex from Ms Sue in 2011 on four occasions, in exchange for helping to further the business interests of two IT firms she worked for.
Prosecution's first witness was Oracle Singapore's managing director, Mr Leslie Ong.
Ms Cecilia Sue, the star witness in the sex-for-contracts case, lost her cool in court yesterday.
She vented her frustrations over the "negative" media reports about her and on having to take the witness stand for a fifth day today.
She complained that netizens are calling her a slut after salacious details of her alleged relationship with former Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) director Ng Boon Gay were revealed in court.
The defence also sought to impeach her testimony and the prosecution also submitted an application to cross-examine her again over her contradictory evidence.
Ng, 46, is on trial on four counts of corruptly obtaining oral sex from Ms Sue in exchange for helping her companies in their bids for contracts with CNB between July and December last year.
Read the full report in The New Paper on Tuesday (Oct 2).
Whenever Ms Cecilia Sue steps out of the court building or out of the car, a human wall follows her.
They form a perimeter around Ms Sue, 36, the prosecution’s star witness in the trial of former Central Narcotics Bureau director Ng Boon Gay.
They have attracted almost as much attention as she has. And with sunglasses and scowls on their faces, the message they want to send is clear -- don’t mess with us.
A check with local security companies revealed that they are neither bodyguards nor bouncers.
So who are they?
Read the full report in The New Paper on Wednesday (Oct 3).
SINGAPORE - The prosecution's star witness, Ms Cecilia Sue, vented her frustrations in court this week by blaming the media for being "unfair" to her.
She was also upset that netizens were calling her a "slut" after salacious details of her alleged relationship with a top civil servant were revealed in court.
She had given those details in 10 statements to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), which was investigating former Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) director Ng Boon Gay for corruption.
Ng, 46, is now on trial on four counts of corruptly obtaining oral sex from Ms Sue in exchange for helping her companies in their bids for contracts with CNB between July and December last year.
Since taking the witness stand last Wednesday, Ms Sue, 36, has contradicted her CPIB statements by denying ever having a sexual relationship with Ng.
She maintains that Ng, who was a friend and client, had forced her to perform oral sex on him on the four occasions mentioned in the charges.
At the time, she was with Hitachi Data Systems and then Oracle Corporation Singapore, which she joined last November as a senior sales manager.
This week, Ng's lawyer, Senior Counsel Tan Chee Meng, again accused her of lying about her relationship with Ng.
Impeach
He sought to impeach her testimony because of her many contradictions at least twice this week.
And Ms Sue's day got worse when the prosecution applied under a section of the Evidence Act to cross-examine their star witness again over her contradictory evidence in the CPIB statements and in court.
Mr Tan has been arguing that Ng and Ms Sue had been having an affair since 2009. And that while he was an unfaithful husband, he is not corrupt.
Last Friday, Mr Tan accused Ms Sue on at least seven occasions of lying. This week, he continued where he left off by accusing her four times of lying.
Unhappy with one of her answers, he told her: "Ms Sue, I have to do what is necessary and call you a liar as many times if I have to."
Since the first day when she took the stand, Ms Sue had not looked at Mr Tan when answering his questions.
She would fix her gaze on the wall in front of her, and occasionally look at District Judge Siva Shanmugam.
And the strain was beginning to tell on Ms Sue after four days in the witness stand.
More than 60 people turned up at Court 5 of the Subordinate Courts, some as early as 7.30am, for the fifth day of the sex-for-contracts case.
At 11.10am, the court adjourned for 20 minutes as security guards handed out orange stickers to those in the gallery so they could later return to their seats.
When the session resumed at 11.35am, Ms Sue addressed the court. With her voice shaking and without looking at the gallery, she said she and her family had been greatly affected by what she called "wrongful reports" by the media about the case and her.
She said her husband had got angry reading about the case because he felt the media was biased.
"Because they want to sell the news. And netizens (have been) saying a lot, calling me a slut," she said.
"It's been unfair to me. It's caused a lot of pain to me and my family. Whatever they have written and reported, my stand has always been the same.
"The accused has overstepped his position and he has done what he has done."
As usual, every one of the 32 seats in the gallery was occupied by members of the public, ranging from executives to retirees. Most of them were armed with newspapers, all craning their necks to get a better look at the elegant woman in the witness stand dressed in a black jacket, white blouse and black skirt.
And since Day One, Ng's wife, Madam Yap Yen Yen, and other relatives have been in the gallery to show their support.
Often looking sombre, Madam Yap was seen smiling and laughing yesterday as she spoke to a relative seated next to her before the trial started at 10am.
In the afternoon, Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Tan Ken Hwee re-examined Ms Sue and asked if she had been in a consensual sexual relationship with Ng after 2009, the year they met.
She gave an emphatic: "No."
DPP Tan asked her what the most important things in her life were right now. "My family," she replied. "My child, and my husband, and my dad as well." She also mentioned her siblings.
Husband's reaction
When DPP Tan asked her what she thought her husband's reaction would be if she were to admit to a sexual relationship with another man, she said she thought he would stand by her, because "he knows I won't do it".
She said: "For the past few days, there has been a lot of negative publicity on that... portraying me like a slut... like I'm doing those acts.
"They don't even say what I said in court. Certain times, he (my husband) would be angry because he thinks the reporting is one-sided. But he still stands by me.
"And if we can weather this storm, our love would be stronger." DPP Tan asked her if it was true that she would never want to admit to having a relationship with Ng before May 2010, the month her daughter was born.
She said: "There was no relationship."
With the trial due to continue today, Ms Sue told the court that she was unable to take the stand in the morning as she has a medical appointment.
When Judge Siva asked if she was able to reschedule it, Ms Sue lost her cool.
She said: "I have been here for four days already and I am very tired.
"It was supposed to stop on Friday. It did not stop. It was supposed to end today. It did not stop. But it keeps coming, it keeps coming.
"When will this end?"
Judge Siva allowed her to go for the medical appointment and Ms Sue is expected to appear in court later today.
CNB's deputy director, Mr Marvin Sim Wai Meng, will testify in the morning. If convicted, Ng can be fined up to $100,000 or jailed up to five years on each charge.
3 CPIB officers to testify in Ng Boon Gay's trial
By Kimberly Spykerman | Posted: 05 October 2012 1431 hrs
SINGAPORE: Three officers of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) who recorded statements from Ms Cecilia Sue Siew Nang will be called as witnesses in the sex-for-contracts trial of ex-Central Narcotics Bureau chief Ng Boon Gay.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Ken Hwee said on Friday that the three new witnesses were responsible for recording a number of statements from Ms Sue, the prosecution's key witness.
Ng, 46, is facing four charges of allegedly obtaining oral sex from Ms Sue, in exchange for showing favour in furthering the business interests of the companies she had worked for - Hitachi Data Systems and Oracle Singapore.
When Ms Sue took the stand last week and on Monday, her testimony in court contained significant inconsistencies from the ones that were earlier recorded by the CPIB.
One example that was raised by Defence Counsel Tan Chee Meng was of how she got to know of CNB's budget of S$320,000 for an IT contract awarded in 2011.
Ms Sue had previously told the CPIB that the exact budget was provided by a Mr Paul Chew, but she later told the court that it was Ng who told her over the phone that the budget ranged at "a few hundred thousand dollars".
Another issue was regarding Ng's influence over the awarding of government contracts.
The defence referred to Ms Sue's statement to the CPIB that he had no influence.
But when asked again in court, Ms Sue said she wouldn't know if he really influenced the process.
The court also heard that Ms Sue had told the CPIB that she and Ng were in a sexual relationship.
But on the stand, she denied this.
All this prompted Mr Tan, who is also a Senior Counsel, to accuse Ms Sue of "fabricating answers" as she went along.
She maintained her oral evidence given in court was the truth, and said that previous statements were not.
The inconsistencies led the defence to ask for Ms Sue's testimony to be impeached and prompted the prosecution to question her as a hostile witness.
The prosecution was to have wrapped up its case against Ng after five witnesses took the stand in the first leg of the trial, which began on September 25 and ended on October 2.
The trial has been adjourned to October 31.
If convicted, Ng could be fined up to S$100,000 and/or jailed for a maximum of five years on each charge.
They meet at a Tanjong Pagar bar through a mutual friend. Ng is a senior assistant commissioner of police while Ms Sue is a sales manager at Sun Microsystems.
June 2009
They have sex in a serviced apartment at Great World City, Ms Sue says in one of her CPIB statements. But she tells the court this did not happen, as she had fought off Ng's advances.
First quarter of 2010
While pregnant with her first child, she asks Ng what if it was his, she tells CPIB in May this year. She tells the court that her CPIB statement is untrue.
April 2010
Ms Sue joins Hitachi Data Systems (HDS).
May 2010
Ms Sue gives birth to a daughter.
Aug 3, 2010
Ng and Ms Sue exchange as many as 33 text messages on this day.
Feb 18, 2011
Ng takes over as CNB director.
July 2011
Ng forces Ms Sue to perform oral sex on him in her car at the carpark at The Beaufort Sentosa, she tells the court.
This is the first of the four counts of corruptly obtaining oral sex from Ms Sue that Ng is charged with.
In a CPIB statement, Ms Sue also mentions six earlier occasions where she performed oral sex on Ng, some of which she enjoyed and some which she didn't, once because he broke her accessory. But she denies in court that these incidents happened.
Nov 21, 2011
Ms Sue leaves HDS to join Oracle Corporation Singapore.In the same month, Ng again forces her to give him oral sex in a car at HortPark, she tells the court.
Dec 2, 2011
She is forced to give Ng oral sex at a carpark at Mount Faber, she tells the court.
Dec 9, 2011
Fourth and final incident of forced oral sex takes place at a carpark at the Singapore General Hospital, she tells the court.
Dec 19, 2011
Ng is arrested. A day later, Ms Sue gives first of 10 statements to CPIB.
June 12, 2012
Ng is charged with four counts of corruptly obtaining oral sex from Ms Sue between July 2011 and Dec 9, 2011.
July 2012
Ms Sue leaves Oracle after failing to meet her targets as a sales representative.
Sept 25, 2012
Ng's trial, scheduled for 18 days, begins.
Sept 26, 2012
Ms Sue takes the stand as the prosecution's star witness.
