SEX for 'A' grade: Law prof arrested

[KarJuaKoon]

Law prof claims CPIB officer threatened him
by Amanda Lee 04:45 AM Jan 18, 2013

SINGAPORE - Law professor Tey Tsun Hang yesterday cross-examined the anti-graft investigator who recorded his statement last year, on the sixth day of the sex-for-grades trial, as he contested the admissibility of one of six statements he made to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB).

Tey, 41, has been charged with six counts of obtaining gratification from his former National University of Singapore student Darinne Ko, in exchange for better grades.

He has claimed that the first confession he made at the CPIB on April 5 was made under duress. He also said that he had told CPIB Chief Special Investigator Bay Chun How that he was under psychoactive medication throughout the three-hour session.

However, Mr Bay, when questioned by Tey in court yesterday, disagreed with this account of events.

When Tey claimed he was verbally abused by Mr Bay on April 2 and made threats to arrest his spouse, Mr Bay also disagreed.

Tey also claimed that he was placed in a "very cold cell" that day, but Mr Bay disputed this and said there was an air-conditioning controller mounted on the wall, which Tey could have adjusted.

Mr Bay also told the court that Tey looked "fine" and "clear-headed" on April 5, when he was re-examined by Deputy Public Prosecutor Kok Shu-En yesterday. Tey had insisted on giving the statement even though he had just been discharged from the hospital, he added.

The trial continues today.

 

[KarJuaKoon]

NUS law prof couldn't remember own name in hospital: CPIB officer
By Claire Huang | Posted: 18 January 2013 1410 hrs

SINGAPORE: The law professor defending himself in his corruption trial could not remember his name, identity card number and address on the day he was supposed to be discharged from hospital.

The prosecution's 8th witness, Mr Wilson Khoo of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), revealed this in court on Friday morning.

He said the accused, Tey Tsun Hang, was overheard telling the staff at Alexandra Hospital while he was getting discharged on April 4, 2012.

Tey, 41, was admitted to the hospital on April 2 -- the day he was at the CPIB for questioning. During his time there, Tey felt unwell and was sent to the hospital by ambulance.

He was to be discharged two days later but while making arrangements to do so, one of the doctors declared that he was not ready to leave hospital care.

Mr Khoo told the court that Tey appeared unexpectedly at the CPIB the next day on April 5, ready to give his statement.

During the interview, Mr Khoo said Tey asked him to let him know about the bribes he allegedly received, as well as what he had allegedly done in exchange for them.

Mr Khoo said he told Tey that he was the one who was giving the statement and asked Tey to say whatever he could recall.

Previously, Tey had claimed that CPIB investigator Bay Chun How showed him a list with the names of students and the gifts they purportedly gave. He said Mr Bay, who took the stand on Thursday, had asked him to confirm the names of the students and gifts.

However, Mr Bay disagreed.

Tey, a former district judge, faces allegations that he corruptly obtained gratification in the form of gifts and sex from a former student, Ms Darinne Ko Wen Hui, who is now 23, in return for lifting her grades.

He allegedly committed the offences between May and July 2010.

-CNA/ac

 

[KarJuaKoon]

NUS law prof may not be as ill as he claimed to be: CPIB officer
By Claire Huang | Posted: 18 January 2013 2237 hrs

NUS law professor Tey Tsun Hang. (Photo: Ernest Chua, TODAY)

SINGAPORE: There was a constant war of words between Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) officer Wilson Khoo and Tey Tsun Hang on the seventh day of the trial, during the accused's cross-examination of the witness.

Tey, 41, faces allegations that he corruptly obtained gifts and sex from a former student, Ms Darinne Ko Wen Hui, in return for giving her better grades.

One area of contention was whether Tey was indeed ill on 2 April last year.

Tey was admitted to hospital on the day he was at the CPIB for questioning.

Tey had felt unwell and was sent to hospital by ambulance.

In Mr Khoo's diary entry, he wrote the doctor treating Tey was unable to diagnose any medical condition.

Tey accused Mr Khoo of making it sound like "he was play-acting", "trying to fool CPIB officers" and "trying to bamboozle them".

But the witness retorted this was what the doctor told him.

Tey fired back, saying he will prove in due course that the doctor had diagnosed him with "altered mental status" upon hospitalisation.

During the hearing, Mr Khoo said on 4 April, when Tey was to be discharged from the hospital, he could not remember his name, identity card number and address.

He said Tey was overheard saying this to the staff at Alexandra Hospital while he was getting discharged on 4 April 2012.

While making arrangements to do so, one of the doctors tested Tey's condition and declared that he was not ready to leave hospital care.

Another point of argument - Tey was "overly cooperative" in giving statement to CPIB on 5 April.

Mr Khoo testified that Tey appeared unexpectedly at the CPIB, and insisted on giving his statement.

During the interview, Mr Khoo said Tey repeatedly asked the officer to note the dates of gratification and favours he had received.

He also asked Mr Khoo to tell him what he had allegedly done in exchange for them.

"No accused person would be so actively volunteering such information," said Mr Khoo.

Tey shot back, asking Mr Khoo if he would give CPIB ideas "so that he could be charged with more charges of corruption?".

To which, the witness said: "Yes, your honour. Absolutely!"

Previously, Tey had claimed that CPIB investigator Bay Chun How showed him a list with the names of students and the gifts they purportedly gave.

He said Mr Bay, who took the stand on Thursday, had asked him to confirm the names of the students and gifts. But Mr Bay disagreed.

Heated exchanges also took place between the two over the time taken to record Tey's statements.

Mr Khoo recorded two of Tey's statements. One was made on 5 April and the other, 10 April.

The earlier statement, comprising five pages, took some three hours to record while the other four-page statement took two hours 15 minutes.

Tey then made the point that the recordings of a few pages should not take that long, unless there was selective recording and constant badgering by Mr Khoo to give confessions deemed satisfactory to them.

But Mr Khoo said time was taken to interview Tey and the duration also included time taken for Tey to read the recordings before printing.

Another contention was the words "corrupt intent".

Mr Khoo had said Tey had insisted on using those words in his confession.

This drew Tey's rebuttal: "So the defendant insisted so that he will end up in Changi (prison)?"

Mr Khoo immediately replied: "Yes. He insisted."

During the cross-examination, Tey pointed out that there were several similar entries in not just Mr Khoo's investigation diary, but Mr Bay's as well.

The former district judge pointed to entry number 6 made in Mr Khoo's diary on 2 April 2012, saying it is "word-for-word", exactly the same as Mr Bay's entry number 12.

He noted that the words "items seized sealed in the bag by me" were used in both entries, describing the same event.

In the end, Mr Khoo ascertained that he was the one who sealed the bag.

Tey also charged that CPIB officers had used expletives on him and pressured him into making confessions. These were all denied by Mr Khoo.

Towards the last half hour of the morning's proceedings, Tey sprang a surprise during his cross-examination of Mr Khoo.

He showed the witness a receipt of a psychiatric consultation with Dr Tommy Tan, and said Dr Tan will be called to the stand.

This was met with strong objection by lead prosecutor Andre Jumabhoy, who pointed out that Mr Khoo was not in a position to answer questions pertaining to Dr Tan.

He added: "If the defence wishes to call an expert witness, especially one who they have told us they are not calling, they should have at the very least informed us if they had changed their mind and before calling their witness. Bearing in mind he's an expert, they should produce a report so that we can instruct an expert if necessary."

But Tey rebutted - saying that the prosecution had not been willing to disclose information and provide material to the defence.

This prompted Mr Jumabhoy to say: "I resent the suggestion that the prosecution have not complied with its obligations in respect of disclosure.

"We have, from the very outset way back in August 2012, been serving material on this accused. He has been in receipt of the list of witnesses which have been updated, yes, but at each stage that they have been updated, he has been in receipt of that list."

The DPP went on to say that Tey has known the list of prosecution witnesses two weeks before the trial, which he said, "as a matter of law, is more than he (Tey) has a right to expect".

Mr Jumabhoy then said the accused has not been straight with the court.

He said: "It's clear from what has happened that this accused has not been straight with the prosecution and certainly not straight with the court. It rings somewhat hollow for him to be suggesting on 18 January that the decision to call Tommy Tan was taken only after hearing Mr Wilson Khoo's evidence."

In the end, Tey said he would serve the relevant information to the prosecution.

- CNA/xq

 

[KarJuaKoon]

DPP disputes law professor's move to call on psychiatrist in sex-for-grades trial

The Straits Times
Friday, Jan 18, 2013

SINGAPORE - Tey Tsun Hang, who is on trial for corruption, produced as evidence a receipt of psychiatric consultation with Dr Tommy Tan, whom he said would be called as his defence witness "in due course".

From earlier reports: Tey also claimed that he had been under psychoactive medication and had made his first confession on April 5 under duress.

Tey is facing six charges of corruptly obtaining gratification from Ms Ko, in exchange for giving her good grades. The gratification included receiving gifts and sexual intercourse.

Tey was arrested in April 2012 by Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) officers following a tip-off.

Get a copy of The Straits Times

 

[KarJuaKoon]

Law prof seems 'possessed', CPIB officer writes in diary

January 19, 2013 - 12:55am

By: Rennie Whang Chai Hung Yin

TNP PICTURE: Gavin Foo

Yesterday in court, details from a Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) officer's diary gave an insight into the behaviour of law professor Tey Tsun Hang.

Tey is accused of corruptly obtaining gifts and sex from his former student, Miss Darinne Ko Wen Hui, 23, in exchange for giving better grades.

The diary belonged to a CPIB officer, Mr Wilson Khoo, who recorded statements from Tey. Mr Khoo was in the witness stand yesterday.

Mr Khoo told the court that he saw Tey behaving strangely on April 2 last year when he was in an interview room at CPIB. He said: “The accused was sitting on the bench. He was behaving strangely. He seemed to have been possessed."

Read the full report in The New Paper on Saturday (Jan 19).

 

[KarJuaKoon]

"It's so shameful", says NUS professor Tey
Posted: 21 January 2013 1437 hrs

File photo: Tey Tsun Hang (TODAY/Don Wong)

SINGAPORE: The NUS law professor defending himself in the sex-for-grades corruption trial kept saying "it's so shameful" on the day he was picked up by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) last year.

CPIB officer, Mr Michael Oh, told the court on Monday that Tey Tsun Hang, with his head hung low, was sobbing in the interview room on 2 April 2012.

Mr Oh, the prosecution's 9th witness, also gave an account of the events leading to Tey's hospitalisation the same day.

When it was Tey's turn to cross-examine the witness, Tey said he had no questions.

He told the court that 2nd of April was too traumatising and that he did not recognise the witness.

He did the same thing for the prosecution's 10th witness, Mr Raymond Wee, who is also a CPIB officer.

The prosecution's 11th witness, CPIB investigator Thomas Cheo, also gave his account of his interaction with Tey during the investigation.

Tey, 41, faces allegations of obtaining gratification in the form of gifts and sex from former student Darinne Ko, in return for giving her better grades between May and July 2010.

- CNA/al

 

[KarJuaKoon]

NUS law prof claims he cried, pleaded with CPIB deputy director
By Claire Huang | Posted: 21 January 2013 2057 hrs

NUS law professor Tey Tsun Hang. (Photo: Ernest Chua, TODAY)

NUS law prof claims he cried, pleaded with CPIB deputy director

SINGAPORE: The National University of Singapore (NUS) law professor defending himself in his sex-for-grades corruption trial said he cried and pleaded with the anti-graft bureau's Deputy Director Teng Khee Fatt.

Tey Tsun Hang, 41, told the court on the eighth day of the trial that he had sobbed and at one point, even knelt in front of Mr Teng.

The former district judge faces allegations of obtaining gratification in the form of gifts and sex from former student Darinne Ko, in return for giving her better grades between May and July 2010.

Tey said he repeatedly pleaded with Mr Teng to show key prosecution witness, Ms Darinne Ko, two cheque book entries belonging to Tey, to indicate that he repaid Ms Ko the money for the gifts in the first four charges.

But Mr Teng said firmly that Tey did no such thing.

Tey also charged that he had not requested to see Mr Teng on 5 April last year.

This was one of a few requests Tey had apparently made to CPIB officers to meet Mr Teng.

But the prosecution witness said that is also not true.

Tey also tried to poke holes at the time stamp recorded on the statements on the three occasions Mr Teng recorded his statements.

He tendered three taxi receipts in court indicating he left the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) later than the time recorded on the statements.

The former district judge was making the point that the statements were inaccurate and that his statements were made under duress.

But Mr Teng disagreed. Under the prosecution's questioning, Mr Teng also admitted that he had forgotten to include two meetings he had with Tey alone in his office.

Earlier in the day, four other CPIB officers took to the stand. When it came to Tey's turn to cross-examine them, he said he had no questions for the officers as he was "intensely traumatised" and had "sparse memory" of the events mentioned in their testimony.

The court heard that Tey kept saying "it's so shameful" on the day he was picked up by the CPIB on 2 April last year.

CPIB officer, Mr Michael Oh, told the court on Monday morning that Tey, with his head hung low, was sobbing in the interview room.

Mr Oh, the prosecution's ninth witness, also gave an account of the events leading to Tey's hospitalisation that same day.

When it was Tey's turn to cross-examine the witness, Tey said he had no questions.

He told the court that the events on 2 April was too traumatising and that he did not recognise the witness.

He did the same thing for the other three CPIB officers - prosecution's 10th witness, Mr Raymond Wee, the 11th witness, Thomas Cheo, and the 12th witness, Hasvind Elangovan.

The trial continues on Tuesday.

- CNA/xq

 

[KarJuaKoon]

Sex-for-grades trial: Another ex-student named in court

AsiaOne
Monday, Jan 21, 2013

SINGAPORE - As the sex-for-grades trial involving National University of Singapore law professor Tey Tsun Hang enters its 8th day, a new name has been thrown up in court.

Tey, 41, is facing six charges of corruptly obtaining gratification from former student Ms Darinne Ko, in exchange for giving her good grades. The gratification included receiving gifts and sexual intercourse.

Two officers from the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) told the court this morning that a woman whom they referred to as "Brenda", was also brought in for questioning on April 2, the same time as Tey and Ko.

According to the Lianhe Wanbao, the woman is believed to be a former student of Tey's at the Law faculty of the National University of Singapore.

She has since graduated.

According to court documents, "Brenda" is listed as one of the prosecution witnesses, reported the Chinese evening daily. But there was no mention in court about why she was brought in for questioning, and how she is related to the case.

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[KarJuaKoon]

NUS law prof Tey takes short break after hyperventilating
By Claire Huang | Posted: 22 January 2013 1543 hrs

Tey Tsun Hang arrives at the Subordinate Courts.

SINGAPORE: The first part of the sex-for-grades corruption trial involving the National University of Singapore law professor has ended on a dramatic note.

Tey Tsun Hang started hyperventilating in court during the re-examination of the prosecution's 13th witness.

The 41-year-old faces allegations of obtaining gratification in the form of gifts and sex from former student Ms Darinne Ko, 23, between May and July 2010, in return for giving her better grades.

Day 9 of Tey Tsun Hang's corruption trial started with Tey trying to poke holes at the testimony of the deputy director of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) Teng Khee Fatt.

He revisited the issue of the two cheque book entries he claimed would show that he had paid his former student, Ms Ko, for her gifts.

He also reiterated the point he made on Monday about the long hours spent at the CPIB.

Describing it as a "kind suggestion", Tey claimed Mr Teng had advised him not to engage a lawyer or let his colleagues know about the investigation, so that the matter won't be blown up as it would be disadvantageous if this happened.

This allegedly took place during one of Tey's conversations with Mr Teng in May last year.

But Mr Teng said that is not true.

Tey also said he had told Mr Teng he was on medication but was made to give confessions anyway.

Mr Teng denied this.

Tey also charged that Mr Teng had to step in on 17 May 2012 to record his fourth statement to "clean up the mess" generated in earlier confessions due to his emergency hospitalisation.

Mr Teng dismissed this, saying he stepped in as he needed a detailed account of what transpired.

Tey also told the court that the three statements recorded on 17, 18 and 24 May 2012 were taken under duress that he was still taking his psychoactive medication then.

But Mr Teng disagreed.

Tey also accused Mr Teng of making threats in Hokkien and Mandarin, which the witness denied.

When it came to lead prosecutor Andre Jumabhoy's turn to question Mr Teng, the court was told that he did not give instructions to arrest Tey's wife on 2 April 2012.

That was the day Tey was arrested by the CPIB.

He had accused the bureau of threatening to arrest his wife, who was overseas at that time.

Shortly after the trial resumed in the afternoon, Tey's lawyer, Mr Peter Low asked for an adjournment as his client wasn't feeling well and was hyperventilating.

For more than 30 minutes, Tey was seen seated in the dock breathing heavily and also vomiting saliva into a plastic bag.

Channel NewsAsia understands this is not the first time Tey's acute stress disorder has acted up. Previously, Tey was seen hyperventilating during a criminal motion he filed in the High Court.

Several times during the hearing, chief district judge Tan Siong Thye reminded Tey to focus.

At one point, he told Tey that more irrelevance was creeping into his line of questioning.

So far, prosecution has asked for its trial within a trial case to be left open.

This is for it to decide if it intends to call any other witnesses to prove that Tey's six statements are admissible or not.

Thereafter, the defence case will start.

The judge will then decide on the admissibility of the statements and the main trial will begin after that.

The trial resumes on 1 April and is expected to last three weeks.

- CNA/al/ck

 

[KarJuaKoon]

Law prof & friend tailed me, says CPIB officer

January 22, 2013 - 1:08am

By: Rennie Whang

CPIB officer Thomas Cheo outside the courts yesterday. TNP PHOTO: Choo Chwee Hua

A mystery woman followed a Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) investigator and his wife in town and took a picture of him.

She's linked to Professor Tey Tsun Hang, 41, who is in court for allegedly corruptly receiving gifts and sex from his former student, Miss Darinne Ko Wen Hui, 23, in a sex-for-grades trial.

The CPIB officer, Mr Thomas Cheo, was sent to Alexandra Hospital to check on Tey the day after he was warded, and again the next day when his discharge was expected.

He also interviewed one of Tey's former student.

Mr Cheo said he subsequently met Tey at Ion Orchard.

According to him, Tey, who was with a woman, tailed him and his wife from a distance.

“Then the lady suddenly came up to me with a handphone. I believe she took a picture of me,” said Mr Cheo.

Read the full report in The New Paper on Tuesday (Jan 22).

 

[KarJuaKoon]

Tey Tsun Hang to call 17 witnesses in sex-for-grades trial
Posted: 04 March 2013 1724 hrs

File photo: Tey Tsun Hang (TODAY/Don Wong)

SINGAPORE: The law professor accused of corruption in a sex-for-grades trial will be calling 17 witnesses to his defence.

Tey Tsun Hang was in the Subordinate Courts on Monday for a closed-door meeting to decide on the defence witness list.

The 41-year-old said he will call five witnesses to testify in the "trial within a trial".

Of the five, three of them are doctors. The other two are Simon Chesterman, Dean of the National University of Singapore's law faculty, and Professor Tracey Evans Chan, Tey's colleague.

Another 12, including Tey's former student and current Assistant Registrar at the Supreme Court, Colin Seow, is expected to be called to the stand as defence witnesses in the main trial.

Tey said staff of NUS law faculty are expected to be called to the stand as well.

A trial within a trial is called to determine the admissibility of Tey's six statements to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau. Tey said those statements were made under duress and are not admissible.

When the first tranche of the corruption trial ended in late January, prosecution asked for its trial within a trial case to be left open. This is for it to decide if it intends to call any other witnesses.

The defence case for this is expected to start when the trial resumes in April.

From the defence side, Tey is expected to be the first to testify in the trial within a trial. The judge will then decide on the admissibility of the statements and the main trial will begin after that.

The trial resumes on April 1 and is expected to last three weeks.

Tey faces allegations of obtaining gratification in the form of gifts and sex from former student Ms Darinne Ko, 23, between May and July 2010, in return for giving her better grades.

-CNA/ac

 

[lianbeng]

Tey Tsun Hang to call 17 witnesses in sex-for-grades trial

Tey faces allegations of obtaining gratification in the form of gifts and sex from former student Ms Darinne Ko, 23, between May and July 2010, in return for giving her better grades.

lianbeng thanks for ur updates but this case happened in 2010 why now then settle? why dig up old graveyards? how about WWII cases?

 

[Brian]

CPIB statements were made under duress: law prof in sex-for-grades trial

The law professor involved in the sex-for-grades corruption trial testified his statements to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) were made under duress.

File photo: Tey Tsun Hang (TODAY/Don Wong)

SINGAPORE: The law professor involved in the sex-for-grades corruption trial testified his statements to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) were made under duress.

Tey Tsun Hang, 41, told the court on Monday that the CPIB officers badgered him to confess, threatened him, swore at him, called him names and humiliated him when he was under investigation.

On Monday morning, CPIB Deputy Director, Teng Khee Fatt, took the stand.

He was questioned by Tey, who was conducting his own defence.

Tey accused Mr Teng of conducting an extensive probe on him during his time at the CPIB and piling threats as well.

Mr Teng denied all accusations.

Currently, the hearing is known as a "trial within a trial".

Tey is contesting the admissibility of his CPIB statements, which he maintains were made under duress.

The court will decide if his statements are admissible at the end of the “trial within a trial”.

After this, the main trial will start.

- CNA/xq

 

[lianbeng]

lianbeng says: he will also walk free! charge that 1/2-baked student!

 

[winnipegjets]

The Teng guy has been shown to be so incompetent in this and another case that he should be fired if either of the cases are lost.

 

[da dick]

lianbeng says: he will also walk free! charge that 1/2-baked student!

wish they both lose their job and barred from practising law... damn ugly horny fucks

 

[Ginchiyo Tachibana]

Statements made while vulnerable and intimidated: Tey Tsun Hang

The NUS law professor involved in a sex-for-grades corruption trial said in court Tuesday that CPIB officers badgered him into making confessions when he was vulnerable

Tey Tsun Hang arrives at the Subordinate Courts.

SINGAPORE: The NUS law professor involved in a sex-for-grades corruption trial said in court Tuesday that investigation officers from the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) badgered him into making confessions at a time when he was vulnerable.

Tey Tsun Hang, 41, is defending himself against six counts of corruptly obtaining gratification in the form of gifts and sex from his then-student Darinne Ko Wen Hui, 23, between May and July 2010 in return for lifting her grades.

Tey took the stand for a second day on Tuesday to present his side of the story.

The former district judge maintained that officers from CPIB had intimidated and hurled English and Hokkien vulgarities at him when he was hauled into CPIB for questioning in 2012.

Tey was brought in for questioning on 2 April 2012, but was admitted to Alexandra Hospital later on in the day after cracking under CPIB's interrogation.

He was then hospitalised until 5 April 2012.

Tey recounted in court Tuesday how he went back to CPIB for more questioning despite being ill and in a vulnerable state.

He is currently contesting the admissibility of his CPIB statements, saying that they were made under duress.

The court will then decide if his statements are admissible at the end of the “trial within a trial”.

The main trial will then start after this.

- CNA/jc

 

[Brian]

Sex-for-grades trial: Law professor accuses CPIB officers of using 'brutalising tactics'

Published on Apr 02, 2013

Law professor Tey Tsun Hang, 41, continued to take the stand for a second day on Tuesday to recount his version of events leading to the recording of the first three statements by anti-graft officers. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

By Walter Sim

Law professor Tey Tsun Hang continued on the witness stand for a second day, as he recounted his version of events leading to the recording of his first three statements by anti-graft officers.

He told the court on Tuesday, that he was under strong psychoactive medication and in a "fragile state" when he was subjected to "brutalising tactics" by Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) officers.

This, he added, happened on April 5 and April 10, when his statements were recorded at the CPIB headquarters.

Tey said he had signed the three statements without reading them thoroughly - for two of them, he was forced to later make amendments as dictated by the recording officer.

Get the full story from The Straits Times.

 

[KarJuaKoon]

Sex-for-grades trial adjourned for 10 minutes after law professor broke down in tears

Published on Apr 02, 2013

Law professor Tey Tsun Hang, 41, leaving the court. Chief District Judge Tan Siong Thye on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, adjourned proceedings at the sex-for-grades corruption trial for ten minutes, to allow Tey to collect himself. -- ST FILE PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

By Walter Sim

Chief District Judge Tan Siong Thye on Tuesday, adjourned proceedings at the sex-for-grades corruption trial for ten minutes, to allow law professor Tey Tsun Hang to collect himself.

This after Tey, 41, teared up on the witness stand as he recollected the events leading to his "fifth confession" on May 18 last year.

He had also paused mid-sentence and later removed his glasses, and started taking deep breaths.

Tey had told the court earlier that he felt "really sick" after Mr Teng Khee Fatt, the deputy director of investigations at the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), had provided "constant inducement to prosecute two Assistant Registrars", who had allegedly sought legal opinions from Tey, under the Official Secrets Act.

"I was sick, really sick and I still had to run around for my father's appointments, arranging for private ambulance," he recounted.

His father had at the time just undergone two brain surgeries at the National Neuroscience Institute for accelerated dementia, Tey had told the court Monday.

A trial within a trial is underway to determine if six statements Tey recorded by CPIB officers were made voluntarily and not under duress, and as such can be admitted in court as evidence.

Tey, a former district judge and a suspended associate professor at National University of Singapore, faces six charges of obtaining gifts and sex from former student Ms Darinne Ko Wen Hui, 23, in return for better grades.

 

[KarJuaKoon]

Speak in English, says judge to professor in sex-for-grades trial

April 2, 2013 - 1:46am

By: Elizabeth Law

ST PHOTO

He was reminded by the judge to give his evidence in English.

So when law professor Tey Tsun Hang continued to use the Hokkien dialect without saying the English equivalent, Chief District Judge Tan Siong Thye admonished him.

"Mr Tey, I suggest you speak in English, not in Hokkien. If you want to speak in Hokkien, let me know. I will get an interpreter for you," he said.

This was not the only time Tey was chided by the judge.

He was also repeatedly asked to stay on track, and to stop bringing up irrelevant evidence.

The sex-for-grades trial resumed yesterday after a two month break and Tey took to the stand during the trial within a trial to determine if his Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau statements can be used as evidence in court.

He will continue testifying today.

Read the full report in The New Paper on Tuesday (April 2).