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I was a victim of oppression, says law prof
Joy Fang | My Paper | Wed Apr 3 2013
SINGAPORE - National University of Singapore law professor Tey Hsun Hang yesterday continued to assert that he was coerced into admitting guilt in his six statements to the authorities.
Tey, 41, claimed that officers from the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) had already prepared drafts when he was recording statements between April and May last year.
On April 5, Tey said that a CPIB officer slammed the table and yelled at him when he tried to amend his statement.
This shocked him, he said, and was the reason he did not make any more changes or read the statement in its entirety.
During this time, he said officers also made allegations that he had "extracted sex" from three female and two male former students.
Among the five students named in court was Ms Darinne Ko, 23.
Tey faces six charges of corruptly obtaining gifts and sex from Ms Ko in exchange for improving her grades.
CPIB officers also accused him of "dishonestly" altering Ms Ko's examination grades, Tey said, and he tried to explain to them that examination scripts carried no names of students. Checks were done by a board of examiners, he added.
When he recorded his fourth statement on May 15, Tey admitted receiving gifts such as ice wine and abalone from his former students which he did not declare. He also gave them legal advice - which he claimed was unrelated to the gifts he received - as this was done in his personal capacity.
Tey also said he readily signed his third to sixth statements without reading them as a "silent protest of a victim of oppression". He told the court he did this as he knew the statements would emerge in court where he would refute them.
The prosecution yesterday put forth that Tey had made changes to parts of his statements, which suggested that he had indeed read them.
Tey explained that some sentences did come from him, but claimed that CPIB deputy director Teng Khee Fatt "typed what he wanted" for the incriminating parts.
Law prof in sex-for-grades trial has "flair for drama": prosecution
The prosecution on Wednesday asserted that the law professor accused of being corrupt in the sex-for-grades trial "has a flair for drama". Tey Tsun Hang, who is defending himself in the trial, is accused of corruptly obtaining gifts and sex from his former student Darinne Ko.
File photo: Tey Tsun Hang (TODAY/Don Wong)
SINGAPORE: The prosecution on Wednesday asserted that the law professor accused of being corrupt in the sex-for-grades trial "has a flair for drama".
Tey Tsun Hang, who is defending himself in the trial, is accused of corruptly obtaining gifts and sex from his former student Darinne Ko, 23, between May and July 2010, in return for lifting her grades.
Taking the stand for the third consecutive day, the 41-year-old traded barbs with lead prosecutor Andre Jumabhoy. The prosecution is trying to prove the voluntariness of Tey's statements to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB).
Tey has maintained throughout that he was coerced into making confessions to the CPIB. He has said his six CPIB statements were made under duress.
Over the past two days, he testified the threats made and events that transpired during the recording of the statements.
Among the accusations, Tey said CPIB officers humiliated him, made callous remarks and hurled vulgarities at him.
On Tuesday, Tey said CPIB Deputy Director Teng Khee Fatt had fabricated some parts of his statements, which were recorded by the officer in May 2012.
Mr Teng had recorded three of Tey's six statements.
On Wednesday, Tey clarified the word "fabricated" insinuated criminal intent and that it was not his words, but Mr Jumabhoy's.
Mr Jumabhoy went through multiple examples of threats and oppression raised over the past two days by Tey.
But he pointed out that Tey never questioned Mr Teng and two of his officers when they went to court in January this year.
Tey admitted he failed to do so.
But he explained that he had been on medication and had problems recollecting details.
Mr Jumabhoy then asked Tey if he thought his demonstrations over the last few days were dramatic.
Tey said he was not sure how they are perceived but that he was just trying his best to recollect and tell his side of the story.
This led the prosecution to charge that Tey clearly has a flair for drama.
Tey rebutted, saying he is a law professor and no dramatist.
Prosecution is trying to make the point there are currently two accounts of what transpired during the recording sessions.
One account was told by the officers in January this year and the other one by Tey.
The prosecution is saying that Tey's account is made up.
But Tey said the prosecution has no basis for this and said the CPIB was a "confession-centric organisation".
Known as a "trial within a trial", the hearing is meant to determine if the CPIB statements are admissible in court.
Law prof in sex-for-grades case denies fabricating evidence
Law prof in sex-for-grades case,Tey Tsun Hang, denies fabricating evidence in the "trial-within-a-trial" hearing where he maintains that confessions were extracted from him under duress,by the CPIB.
Tey Tsun Hang arrives at the Subordinate Courts.
SINGAPORE: The law professor accused of corruption in the sex-for-grades case has denied the prosecution's case that he fabricated evidence.
Tey Tsun Hang, 41, who maintains that his confessions were extracted under duress, is accused of corruptly obtaining gifts and sex from his former student, Darinne Ko, in return for giving her better grades.
Continuing the "trial-within-a-trial" hearing where Tey is contesting the voluntariness of his six statements to the CPIB, lead prosecutor Andre Jumabhoy put it to Tey that officers from the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau had at no stage threatened or badgered him into confessing.
Tey disagreed.
A key issue that was raised on Thursday morning was the admission of some of Tey's cautioned statements.
The prosecution objected to the move, stating that the documents might prejudice the court.
But the district judge said this would not be an issue.
The court is to decide if the statements are voluntary or not, and only after that, will the main corruption trial will begin.
Sex-for-grades trial: Law professor "making a mockery of the legal process", said prosecution
Published on Apr 04, 2013
Law professor Tey Tsun Hang, 41, was "making a mockery of the process" and "running rings around this system", said Deputy Public Prosecutor Andre Jumabhoy in the sex-for-grades corruption trial on Thursday. -- ST FILE PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
By Walter Sim
Law professor Tey Tsun Hang, 41, was "making a mockery of the process" and "running rings around this system", said Deputy Public Prosecutor Andre Jumabhoy in the sex-for-grades corruption trial on Thursday.
In his re-examination, Tey, a suspended associate professor from National University of Singapore, had applied to admit as evidence six cautioned statements he recorded last July. This was in relation to his six charges of corruptly obtaining sex and gifts from former student Darinne Ko, 23.
He claimed the cautioned statement contains details he had brought up in court this week but failed to put to Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) officers when they took the witness box in January, and were central to the rebuttal of assertions made by the prosecution that he was "making things up" along the way.
But Mr Jumabhoy countered that admitting the six cautioned statements at this stage would defeat the purpose of a "trial within a trial", which is underway to determine that the statements he made to CPIB were voluntary and can be admitted in court as evidence. This was because the statements "impinged on" the content of six main statements he had recorded, and may prejudice the court's mind.
Lawyer Peter Low takes over re-examination of psychiatrist from law professor
Published on Apr 05, 2013
Law professor Tey Tsun Hang, 41, abruptly cut short his re-examination of his psychiatrist, seemingly out of exasperation, after many questions he tried to put to the witness were overruled. He eventually allowed lawyer Peter Low (right) to take over the re-examination. -- ST FILE PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
By Walter Sim And Lim Yan Liang
Law professor Tey Tsun Hang, 41, abruptly cut short his re-examination of his psychiatrist, seemingly out of exasperation, after many questions he tried to put to the witness were overruled.
The prosecution, led by Deputy Public Prosecutor Andre Jumabhoy, said Tey's questions to clarify the basis of Dr Michael Yong's diagnosis may be "factually inaccurate" and "misleading", and in either case should have been asked in his original examination. Dr Yong, director of psychological medicine at Alexandra Hospital, had attended to Tey last April.
Chief District Judge Tan Siong Thye agreed. After a series of disallowed questions, the judge asked Tey if he would like lawyer Peter Low, who is advising him as he conducts his own defence, to take over the re-examination.
Tey replied: "I wouldn't want to, your honour. This trial is about me. I can either swim or sink by myself." But Tey eventually relented and allowed Mr Low to take over.
Earlier in cross-examination, Mr Jumabhoy continued with his line of reasoning that the symptoms of hyperventilating and "retching" may not be due to a disorder, but simply due to stress.
He said he has heard of anecdotes of "students who vomit before examinations", and also "one lawyer who vomited before he came into court" in a thinly-veiled reference to Tey, who had an episode in court in January, to which Tey replied: "That's a hurtful joke."
Dr Yong is one of Tey's witnesses in the "trial within a trial", which is underway to determine the voluntariness of six statements he made to Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) officers last April and May.
Tey, a suspended associate professor from the National University of Singapore, faces six charges of corruptly obtaining gifts and sex from former student Darinne Ko, 23, in exchange for better grades.
Judge to decide if Tey Tsun Hang was coerced into giving statements
The chief district judge will decide on Monday if the law professor accused of corruption in the sex-for-grades trial was coerced into giving statements to the authorities.
File photo: Tey Tsun Hang (TODAY/Don Wong)
SINGAPORE: The chief district judge will decide on Monday if the law professor accused of corruption in the sex-for-grades trial was coerced into giving statements to the authorities.
Tey Tsun Hang, 41, faces six counts of corruptly obtaining gifts and sex from his former student, 23-year-old Darinne Ko, between May and July 2010, in return for giving her better grades.
Tey has maintained throughout that he was coerced into making confessions to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB).
He said his six CPIB statements were made under duress.
Earlier this week, he testified that the officers threatened him, hurled expletives and intimidated him into confessing.
The prosecution's case is that Tey is "making things up" along the way.
Lead prosecutor Andre Jumabhoy also tried to prove Tey pretended to suffer from acute stress disorder.
On Monday, Chief District Judge Tan Siong Thye will hear oral submissions on this issue and decide if Tey's statements were made involuntarily.
The main trial will begin after that, depending on his ruling.
Their relationship was questioned in court yesterday. Ms Chen Sei Lee, who works for the Ministry of Home Affairs, was the defence’s last witness for the trial-within-a-trial.
During cross-examination, Deputy Public Prosecutor Andre Jumabhoy questioned how it was possible that Ms Chen, who called herself a “close friend” of Tey, was able to get information about Tey Tsun Hang from the Alexandra Hospital.
This was because hospitals practice patient confidentiality, which means only family members are given information about hospital patients.
Ms Chen said she called the hospital on the morning of April 3, 2012, after she got a call from Tey’s daughter, who told her he had been admitted.
She had spoken to hospital staff who told her that “they have a Prof Tey” there.
This case really cast doubts over the quality of local graduated lawyers... Not wonder "victims" always look for Queens counsel or senior counsel to defend their case.
Law prof in sex-for-grades trial was "inventing evidence": prosecution
The law professor defending himself in the sex-for-grades corruption trial "was clearly inventing evidence as he went along". The prosecution said this in its oral submissions on Monday in the "trial-within-trial" hearing.
File photo: Tey Tsun Hang (TODAY/Don Wong)
SINGAPORE: The law professor in the sex-for-grades corruption trial "was clearly inventing evidence as he went along".
The prosecution said this in its oral submissions on Monday in the "trial-within-trial" hearing.
On Monday, the prosecutor Andre Jumabhoy told the court that Tey Tsun Hang had made various allegations of threat and inducement by three CPIB officers - Deputy Director Teng Khee Fatt, Officer Bay Chun How and Officer Wilson Khoo.
Tey, 41, alleged that CPIB officers who recorded his six statements had threatened him and hurled expletives at him.
He also said at that time, he was suffering from acute stress disorder.
The chief district judge will decide on Tuesday if Tey was coerced into giving statements to the authorities.
This comes after a 15-day hearing, of which 10 were devoted to the admissibility of Tey’s statements to the CPIB.
Mr Jumabhoy said Tey put one set of allegations to the prosecution witnesses, including the three officers, but came up with a different set of allegations when he testified.
Tey also failed to ask the CPIB officers on the later allegations when he testified.
Mr Jumabhoy said Tey "could not offer any proper explanation for why he had failed to put these new allegations to the prosecution witnesses".
Tey's lawyer, Peter Low, pointed out that Tey's psychiatrist, Dr Michael Yong, had taken the stand to testify that he was neither putting up a show nor lying.
Senior Counsel Low then added that not every inconsistency was material to the case, that they were peripheral.
The judge then raised two key issues -- Tey did not disclose his allegations of abuse to anyone.
"What is absent before us is that he didn't disclose this to anyone. He didn't complain. How is that so?" said the chief district judge.
He pointed out that Tey, being a professor of law and former district judge, could have told his colleagues about the abuse and he voluntarily returned to the CPIB to give statements even after apparently being subjected to harsh treatment by the officers.
Senior Counsel Low said Tey did list his allegations in one of his last statements to the authority, and as for his return to the CPIB, he countered that the officers were eager to have his client back for questioning.
If the judge finds Tey's CPIB statements cannot be relied upon, the prosecution will not be able to ask questions relating to them in the main corruption trial.
If the statements are admitted in court, the prosecution will be able to pose questions regarding those statements in the main trial.
Tey faces six allegations that he corruptly obtained gifts and sex from his former student, Darinne Ko, in return for giving her better grades between May and July 2010.
Sex-for-grades trial: Judge to make decision of trial within a trial on Tuesday
Published on Apr 08, 2013
For a man of his background, it is unlikely that law professor Tey Tsun Hang (above) would have failed to lodge an official complaint against the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) for alleged abuses he suffered while under questioning. -- ST FILE PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
By Lim Yan Liang And Walter Sim
For a man of his background, it is unlikely that law professor Tey Tsun Hang would have failed to lodge an official complaint against the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) for alleged abuses he suffered while under questioning.
Chief District Judge Tan Siong Thye said this on Monday afternoon when the court received submissions from both the prosecution and defence of the ongoing trial within a trial. The mini-trial is set to determine if Tey, suspended from the law faculty at NUS since he was charged last July, had voluntarily given six statements to the CPIB. If he did so under threats, inducements and promises, the statements cannot be used as evidence in court.
"We have a situation where he (Tey) is a professor of law, was a former district judge, a former JLC (Justice of the Law clerk) former practitioner, and other than 2nd April, each time he returned to CPIB was on his own, he wasn't taken in," said Judge Tan.
The 41-year-old is accused of corruptly obtaining gifts and sex with an ex-student in exchange for better grades.
Yet, the judge said that Tey, in "voluntarily" returning to CPIB time and again, was like a man who had burnt his finger but continued to put it over a fire.
"It is natural instinct that if you were subjected to such harsh treatment, why would you voluntarily go back to the same trauma?" asked judge Tan.
Tey appeared to be uninterested throughout Monday's proceedings, and could be seen reading a small paperback on philosophy through most of the afternoon. This was a far cry from last week, when he strenuously defended himself and even broke down and cried once while on the stand.
CDJ Tan will on Tuesday issue his verdict on whether the six statements will be admissible as evidence, and the main trial will then continue.
Sex-for-grades law prof "fabricated and exaggerated" some evidence says judge
The sex-for-grades corruption trial is set to continue after the Chief District Judge said he found it hard to believe the law professor's claims that the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau threatened him into confessing.
NUS law professor Tey Tsun Hang. (Photo: Ernest Chua, TODAY)
SINGAPORE – The Chief District Judge said he finds it hard to believe the law professor's claims that the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) threatened him into confessing.
In deciding whether Tey Tsun Hang's six statements to the CPIB were made voluntarily or not, judge Tan Siong Thye said he is "of the view the accused had fabricated and exaggerated some of the evidence".
A key issue raised in the judge's 45-minute oral grounds for decision was why Tey did not complain about the CPIB officers to anyone.
If Tey's claims that the CPIB coerced him into making statements were true, the judge asked why Tey did not lodge a police report then.
Judge Tan said it is difficult to believe that Tey was coerced on all six occasions as he had opportunity to seek advice from his Dean from the law faculty at the National University of Singapore, as well as his fellow law professors.
He pointed out that there is no evidence that Tey had told the Alexandra Hospital medical team of the harsh CPIB treatment, so that the doctors could have taken some form of action.
Given that Tey was a former district judge, a former state counsel and a law professor, the judge said the accused should have known what he could have done.
The judge added that if Tey's claims were true, one would expect him to be subjected to the same harsh treatment when he made the cautioned statement, which listed the allegations against the CPIB.
He added that if the allegations were true, the CPIB officers would have recorded Tey's statement on 9 April 2012, when he went to the CPIB headquarters after leaving the hospital.
Instead, the judge pointed out that Tey was told to go back as he said he was not feeling well.
As for the alleged threats to arrest his wife, the judge said even if they were true, they were empty threats, simply because Tey's wife was overseas at that time and such arrests were not under CPIB's jurisdiction.
The other key issue relates to Tey's claims that he was on psychoactive medication during the period when he recorded the six statements.
Judge Tan said despite Tey being on medication, he could still recall "a tremendous amount" of detail of what took place.
The judge said the medication did not appear to affect Tey's mind as he had claimed.
As for Tey's claims that he was badgered, the judge said persistent questioning is part of essential interrogation and some discomfort is to be expected.
In this case, the judge said there is no evidence there was prolonged and harsh badgering which could result in oppression.
The judge added that Tey had three accounts of the allegations and the "shifting defence makes his case less likely to be believed".
Now that the CPIB statements are admitted, the main corruption trial will continue.
Tey, 41, faces allegations of corruptly obtaining gifts and sex from his former student, 23-year-old Darinne Ko, in return for lifting her grades sometime between May and July 2010.
Sex-for-grades trial: Confessions of law professor can be admitted as evidence
Published on Apr 09, 2013
Chief District Judge Tan Siong Thye on Tuesday morning decided that the six statements that law professor Tey Tsun Hang (above) made to Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) officers will be admitted as evidence. -- TNP FILE PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR
By Bryna Singh And Walter Sim
All six statements, which law professor Tey Tsun Hang made to Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) officers during questioning last year, will be admitted as evidence in his sex-for-grades corruption trial.
Chief District Judge Tan Siong Thye on Tuesday, decided after the trial within a trial, that he was "unable to believe" Tey's allegations that the statements made in April and May 2012 were done involuntarily.
He said the CPIB officers were "truthful witnesses" but Tey, on the other hand, had "exaggerated and fabricated" some of the details on the day of his arrest, which may have affected his psychiatric diagnosis of altered mental status.
The judge said he also found Tey's several voluntary visits to the CPIB "puzzling", especially on occasions when he claimed to be unwell and could have rested at home.
Law prof in sex-for-grades trial says former student deserved poorer grades
By Claire Huang
POSTED: 10 Apr 2013 4:00 PM
UPDATED: 10 Apr 2013 10:09 PM
NUS law professor embroiled in a sex-for-grades corruption case said on Wednesday that his former student deserved poorer grades than he had given her.
National University of Singapore (NUS) law professor Tey Tsun Hang. (photo: Francine Lim, channelnewsasia.com)CPIB officer Bay Chun How leaves the Singapore Subordinate Courts (photo: Francine Lim, channelnewsasia.com)
SINGAPORE: The National University of Singapore (NUS) law professor embroiled in a sex-for-grades corruption case said on Wednesday in court that his former student deserved poorer grades than he had given her.
Tey Tsun Hang faces six allegations that he obtained gifts and sex from former student, Darinne Ko, some time between May and July 2010, in return for lifting her grades.
In one of his six statements to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), Tey said Ms Ko did not deserve the 'B+' grade she was given for her test on Equity and Trust.
The 41-year-old said Ms Ko "deserved to just pass the paper".
In the statement made in the evening of 5 April 2012, Tey also said 23-year-old Ms Ko should not have gotten a "B" grade for the Personal Property Law paper.
He said in the statement Ms Ko "was a borderline failure".
The statement, which was Tey's second, was recorded by CPIB officer Wilson Khoo.
It also stated that Tey was expecting gifts from Ms Ko, which she gave willingly.
But on Wednesday during the cross-examination of Mr Khoo, Tey said these comments could not have come from him.
For example, Tey pointed to the words "borderline failure".
He said there's no such category used at NUS, so he could not have said it.
Tey is making the point that the statement is false.
On his statement that Ms Ko had informed him of her pregnancy, Tey said he could not have said something as nonsensical as that.
In the statement, he said he asked Ms Ko not to abort the child as he only had a daughter and wanted "to have another child".
Tey told Mr Khoo that he did not want his family know about the pregnancy.
However on Wednesday, Tey said he never made such a statement.
In his second statement to CPIB, Tey admitted to receiving 10 items from Ms Ko, including a Mont Blanc pen, a Tissot pocket watch and shoes.
However on Wednesday, Tey said six of the 10 items were not related to the charges.
Tey was trying to make the point that he was in a state where he admitted to receiving items that were not related to the charges.
The law professor said he was so traumatised and stressed that he told CPIB he received all 10 items from Ms Ko.
Moving on to his third statement, also recorded by Mr Khoo, Tey pointed out that it did not make sense for him to confess to receiving items from two assistant registrars of the Supreme Court.
He also questioned the rationale in implicating them.
The hearing has proceeded to Tey's next three statements, statements 4, 5 and 6, which were recorded by CPIB's deputy director, Teng Khee Fatt.
Earlier, CPIB officer Bay Chun How testified in court over Tey's first statement, recorded on 5 April 2012.
Parts of the statements was not made by me: sex-for-grades law prof
By Claire Huang
POSTED: 11 Apr 2013 10:58 PM
The law professor embroiled in a sex-for-grades trial said that the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) officers who recorded his statements included details he could not have made.
National University of Singapore (NUS) law professor Tey Tsun Hang. (photo: Francine Lim, channelnewsasia.com)
SINGAPORE: The law professor embroiled in a sex-for-grades trial on Thursday said that the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) officers who recorded his statements included details he could not have made.
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.
CPIB investigator Wilson Khoo and deputy director Teng Khee Fatt testified in court on Thursday.
Tey said that he could not have told Mr Teng that the board of examiners was meeting soon, in relation to the final ranking of the National University of Singapore’s students.
This was because the board was scheduled to meet on 24 May, the day the statement in question was taken.
Mr Teng however disagreed, saying that Tey told him this during the recording of the statement.
Tey also said Mr Teng excluded many important details from his investigation diary.
For example, Mr Teng instructed his officers to make copies of Tey's two cheque books. Tey had previously said the cheque book entries showed that he paid Ms Ko for the gifts.
Based on the examples, Tey said the investigation diary could not be taken at face value.
However Mr Teng countered that the exclusion of some details from the diary did not make the entries untrue.
Law prof: I changed D grade to A after sex and gifts
April 11, 2013 - 1:05am
By: Foo Jie Ying
She deserved a D grade for her Cross Border Insolvency exam paper, but her National University of Singapore (NUS) law professor Tey Tsun Hang gave her an A instead.
And it was because she had given Tey, 41, gifts such as two pairs of shoes and a Waterman pen, he said in one of his six statements to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB).
Tey, who is on trial for corruptly obtaining gifts and sex from the former student, Miss Darinne Ko, 23, in exchange for better grades, challenged the contents of the statements in court yesterday.
More than once, he described his “confessions” as ludicrous and incredulous and, at one point, even said that he is “not the author”.
After a trial-within-a-trial on April 1 to determine if Tey’s CPIB statements could be admitted as evidence after he claimed the statements were made under duress, Chief District Judge Tan Siong Thye had ruled that all six statements could be admitted as evidence on Tuesday.
Read the full story in The New Paper on Thursday (April 11)
Law prof in sex-for-grades trial disputes recorded CPIB statement
By Claire Huang
POSTED: 12 Apr 2013 4:52 PM
The law professor accused of corruptly obtaining gifts and sex from a former student on Friday continued to take issue with words and phrases in his statement recorded by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB).
National University of Singapore (NUS) law professor Tey Tsun Hang. (photo: Francine Lim, channelnewsasia.com)
SINGAPORE: The law professor accused of corruptly obtaining gifts and sex from a former student on Friday continued to take issue with words and phrases in his statement recorded by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB).
Tey Tsun Hang, 41, faces six allegations that he obtained gifts and sex from his former student, 23-year-old Darinne Ko, in return for giving her better grades between May and July 2010.
On Friday morning, Tey said he could not have used the words "corrupt intent" in the statement recorded by CPIB's Deputy Director Teng Khee Fatt, much less volunteer the definition of those words, "so he could be nailed on the wall".
"So are you seriously proposing a person under interrogation would want to volunteer to you, to describe to you in great detail, detailed meaning ‘of corrupt intent’ so he could be nailed on the wall?" said Tey.
Mr Teng replied Tey had used the words "with corrupt intent" in his previous statements and he was trying to find out from Tey what he had meant by it.
But Tey argued that Mr Teng had given "the most ludicrous proposition for a person under interrogation and psychoactive medication to volunteer the minute definition exercise of ‘corrupt intent’, so as to help himself be nailed on the wall". Mr Teng repeated that Tey had told him so.
Tey also accused Mr Teng of typing some paragraphs himself but the witness said that "was exactly what Professor Tey had told me" to do.
Tey, a former district judge, said throughout on Thursday and Friday Mr Teng's "linguistic expressions" used in court "are similarly manifested in all three statements" he had recorded on 17, 18 and 24 May 2012. Mr Teng disagreed.
A phrase raised during the hearing was described by Tey as "downright nonsensical" - "Bad faiths mean wrong conscientious".
Mr Teng again said it was what Tey had wanted to put in the statement.
In an earlier statement, Tey had said he had given better grades to Ms Ko for two papers, in Personal Property Law as well as Equity and Trust.
In his later statement recorded by Mr Teng, he was allowed to retract that point.
On Friday, Tey said it was because by then, Mr Teng had already received information from the National University of Singapore that the alteration of grades in those two modules "had no basis whatsoever".
Mr Teng explained that Tey was "trying to confuse" him by telling him that he changed Ms Ko's grades at first and saying he did not later.
Later in the day, Tey applied to recall prosecution witness Darinne Ko but was turned down by Chief District Judge Tan Siong Thye.
The prosecution had also asked to review the evidence over the weekend, so that it can decide whether to close its case by Monday morning.
Once the prosecution wraps up its case, the defence's case will start.
