CPIB probe: NUS law student allegedly had sex with Prof

last SG · 2012-07-25T21:42:57+00:00

who spilled the beans to CPIB? the student?

charlize SG

Times are bad.

FireIce SG

i think i read in the feed jus now she gave him her V leh

and he gave her B

damn lu gi liao loh

FireIce SG

$740 mont blanc pen

who like me as a fren?

i want a mont blanc 4810 ring

Genie99b SG

$740 mont blanc pen

who like me as a fren?

i want a mont blanc 4810 ring

grats how many months

QX179R SG

NUS law prof wants prosecution to give information on ex-students' results

SINGAPORE: The National University of Singapore (NUS) law professor on trial for corruption in a sex-for-grades case has asked the prosecution to provide information on the results of a few former students.

Tey Tsun Hang, 41, made the request on Friday.

He's accused of obtaining gratification in the form of gifts and sex from his former student, Darinne Ko Wen Hui, 23, between May and July 2010.

The gifts include tailor-made shirts, an iPod touch and a Montblanc pen.

The prosecution said these were inducements to show favour in his assessment of Ms Ko's academic performance.

Minutes into the second day of the trial, Tey said he filed a criminal motion in the High Court in August last year to ask for information from NUS on the grades of Ms Ko and four other students.

The four students were called up by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau during investigations.

Tey had requested for information on the students' grades to support his assertion that false confessions were extracted from him.

Chief District Judge Tan Siong Thye has ordered the prosecution and defence to sort out issue before continuing with the examination of Ms Ko.

Tey, a former district judge, faces six counts of corruption.

- CNA/ck

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NUS prof in sex-for-grades case to defend himself

SINGAPORE: The National University of Singapore (NUS) law professor who is on trial for corruption in a sex-for-grades case will defend himself in court.

Tey Tsun Hang, 41, made the request in an unexpected twist minutes into the trial on Thursday morning.

Although confusion and disagreement arose over his request, the matter was eventually sorted out after an hour.

Tey appeared to be ready to defend himself. He arrived in court dressed in a grey pin-striped suit. He later changed into a court dress after he asked to defend himself.

He is accused of obtaining gratification in the form of sex on two occasions, as well as gifts including a Montblanc pen, an iPod and tailor-made shirts between May and July 2010.

The prosecution said these were inducements to show favour in his assessment of Ms Darinne Ko Wen Hui's academic performance.

Ninety minutes into the trial, key prosecution witness Darinne Ko was called to the stand.

The 23-year-old former student of Tey said they came to know each other in January 2010.

She told the court she liked Tey as a friend and had given him the 740-dollar Montblanc pen as a belated birthday gift in May 2010.

She also bought him two custom-made shirts worth more than S$230 and an iPod Touch worth S$160 from an online forum as a romantic gesture.

Ms Ko told the court that they were dating at that time, "so it did not seem incongruous" to give Tey gifts.

The court heard that as the two interacted more frequently in April 2010, Tey would meet Ms Ko for lunch about two to three times a week. He would pick her up from her workplace and pay for the lunches.

Tey is also accused of corruptly obtaining gratification in the form of payment of a bill of S$1,280 for a dinner he hosted at Garibaldi restaurant in July 2010.

The dinner for nine was meant to thank his former students, including Ms Ko, for helping him with research work.

But Ms Koh later revealed that after their relationship ended, she asked for Tey to pay her back S$1,000 and he did so.

Some six hours into her testimony, Ms Ko recounted her very first sexual experience, which was with Tey in his NUS office in July 2010. She was clearly distressed as she teared and tried to cover her face with one hand. This was a clear contrast to the calm and collected manner in which she answered other questions.

Ms Ko told the court she had sex with Tey because she loved him.

The court was also told Tey went to the United States in September 2010 to visit her when she was there for an overseas study stint.

But they got found out by Ms Ko's then-boyfriend, who reported the matter to her parents.

Eventually, she was made to cut all ties with Tey and did so.

The prosecution said in its opening statement that Tey had revealed confidential class ranking as well as results to Ms Ko to demonstrate his power over her.

It said Tey had taken advantage of his student and the transactions were "tainted with an objectively corrupt element".

The trial continues.

- CNA/xq

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Key witness in sex-for-grades trial claims CPIB coercion

SINGAPORE: The prosecution in the sex-for-grades corruption trial involving a law professor, turned against its key witness on the second day of the hearing by impeaching her credibility.

It argued on Friday that star witness Darinne Ko Wen Hui's testimony on Thursday had deviated from her first statement to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau, taken in April last year.

Tey Tsun Hang, a former district judge, faces six counts of corruptly obtaining gratification in the form of gifts and sex from Ms Ko, between May and July 2010.

The gifts included tailor-made shirts, an iPod Touch and a Montblanc pen.

The prosecution said these were inducements to show favour in Tey's assessment of Ms Ko's academic performance.

In a dramatic twist to the closely-watched trial, Ms Ko said she was coerced into making parts of her first CPIB statement.

She said the CPIB recording officers were only willing to record some of what she told them.

The 23-year-old added that in relation to the gifts she showered on Tey, one CPIB recording officer "received specific orders" to record within the parameters of her agreement "with the (CPIB) boss".

These came minutes after the prosecution applied to impeach her credibility for parts of her testimony made on Thursday.

The swift move follows discrepancies in a few areas, including her amount of interaction with Tey after they broke up and the details of photos taken after they had sex.

Earlier in the day, the prosecution showed Ms Ko photographs of her and Tey, supposedly taken after they had sex.

When asked about some of the photos, Ms Ko said she could not remember when and where it took place. Apparently, this is inconsistent with her statement to the CPIB.

Ms Ko said on Thursday she gave the 740-dollar Montblanc pen to Tey as a belated birthday gift.

But prosecution pointed out that she failed to mention it in any of her CPIB statements.

To this, Ms Ko admitted she had "failed to convey to them (CPIB) at that point in time".

Ms Ko then said that she amended "only parts" of the first statement "which were coerced", in her subsequent statements.

She also said she stated clearly previously that the reasons for the gifts were due to her "feelings of affection" for Tey.

With impeachment, the judge will have to decide at the end of the trial, which parts of Ms Ko's evidence to take into consideration.

The trial started with Tey asking the prosecution for information on his former students' grades, including that of Ms Ko.

Some four hours were spent going through more than 30 applications, of which, six were granted and the rest were deemed irrelevant by Chief District Judge Tan Siong Thye, who denied some of his requests.

At one point in time, he told Tey off for wasting the court's time as some of the information have already been provided.

The trial continues.

- CNA/xq

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Law prof Tey cross-examines ex-student Ko

SINGAPORE: The National University of Singapore (NUS) law professor on trial for corruption in a sex-for-grades cross-examined his former student on Monday.

Tey Tsun Hang, 41, is accused of obtaining gratification in the form of gifts and sex, in exchange for lifting 23-year-old Ms Darinne Ko Wen Hui's grades.

When Ms Ko took the stand, Tey questioned her in a gentle manner.

She gave an account of the circumstances leading to the recording and her endorsement of her first statement made on 2 April 2012.

Ms Ko said she was hauled in by two officers from the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), at about 7am or 8am during the examination period.

She said she was deprived of sleep, felt scared and anxious, and was interrogated until about 7pm before she was brought to see CPIB's deputy director, Teng Khee Fatt.

She said the recording officer had told Mr Teng she had been uncooperative.

Mr Teng, she said, told her that the evidence she gave the CPIB was "not making out the elements of the charge against Tey".

During their two-and-a-half-hour conversation, she said Mr Teng told her that corruption is a two-sided offence and that indemnity could be granted if the need arose.

She also said Mr Teng had wanted her to write that she had given the gifts because she wanted "favour" from Tey but she refused.

The two then argued about the terms to be used and finally settled on the words "undue prejudice", which she took as "treating her unfairly".

"I was slightly more comfortable with that compromise even though it was still not an accurate depiction of the true state of affairs," said Ms Ko.

When asked by Tey what was the true state of affairs, Ms Ko said: "I only bought Prof Tey the gifts because I liked him and we were in a relationship."

But Mr Teng didn't buy this answer, she said.

Ms Ko said he told her that it was not possible for a girl to buy a guy gifts.

She said Mr Teng also insisted that the reason why she bought those gifts was so that Tey would show her favour vis-a-vis her grades.

Ms Ko said she was told she was not allowed to go home until the CPIB recorded a statement from her.

When asked if the statement was accurate, Ms Ko said it wasn't.

She said the inaccuracy pertained to her motivation for showering Tey with gifts.

Earlier in the day, the prosecution went through the impeached parts of the statements and evidence provided by Ms Ko.

Lead prosecutor Andre Jumabhoy singled out differences in areas such as the time that Tey had called Ms Ko and revealed to her confidential ranking and grades before the release of the results.

Ms Ko had told the CPIB that Tey had called at about 11am but told the court last week that he called a few minutes before the official release of the results.

Another area was the bill for the Garibaldi dinner, which she had paid.

With impeachment, the judge will decide at the end of the trial which parts of evidence to take into consideration.

- CNA/ck

FireIce SG

the red couch bery happening

charlize SG

The couch used to be another colour.

^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~ SG

The couch used to be another colour.

Dey, truely, let me be crude...

if ur hymen break and u lost sooo much blood to stain a couch into red, u'll be dead already...

ditzy SG

I saw the pictures, it really is a red couch.

QX179R SG

Prosecution witness tells court Tey didn't ask for gifts

SINGAPORE: National University of Singapore law professor Tey Tsun Hang, 41, on trial for corruption in a sex-for-grades case said he had paid for the gifts he received from his former student, Ms Darinne Ko.

Tey, who said this on Day 4 of the hearing on Tuesday, also produced cheque book entries in court.

This came after 23-year-old Ms Ko, the prosecution's star witness, told the court about two CYC tailored shirts and an iPod touch.

She said at no point did Tey ask for the gifts from her and that she had given them to him on her own accord.

Tey put it to Ms Ko that he had paid her for those gifts, as well as for the dinner at Garibaldi, which had a bill dated 21 July 2010.

He said he had issued a cheque amounting to S$2,500 in July 2010 before she left for an overseas study stint.

This amount, he said, is slightly more than the value of the gifts mentioned in the first four charges.

But Ms Ko said no such cheque was given to her.

Tey then said he made out the cheque to Ms Ko but she didn't encash it.

So he paid her in cash, he said.

Lead prosecutor Mr Andre Jumabhoy raised doubts, pointing out that the cheque was dated early July 2010 while the dinner bill was dated 21 July.

He said Tey is purporting to pay for a dinner even before it had taken place. "It shows a remarkable ability on his part to establish not only future events but the price that such events entail," said Mr Jumabhoy.

The prosecutor also argued that Ms Ko's testimony that she did not receive the cheque caused "irreparable damage" to Tey's case.

Tey, a former district judge, faces allegations of obtaining gratification in the form of gifts and sex from Ms Ko between May and July 2010, in exchange for lifting her grades.

If convicted, he could be jailed up to five years and fined S$100,000.

- CNA/ck

ditzy SG

Damn stupid, he could write a cheque amount for the dinner before it actually happened. Must be a fellow time traveller.

ditzy SG

I think CPIB is going to get into a lot of hot water soon.

FireIce SG

can mah

could have requested for menu prices/quotation from a few restorans before deciding where to go for the dinner

so he could have known the agah amt before the dinner

when i plan group dinner oso like tt de wat

FireIce SG

now is law prof against CPIB

^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~ SG

law prof is professional...

FireIce SG

woah. she was pregnant but aborted.

now more and more drama.

QX179R SG

CPIB officer tells court Darinne Ko revealed pregnancy, abortion

SINGAPORE: The star witness in the corruption trial of a National University of Singapore (NUS) law professor in a sex-for-grades case revealed that she was pregnant and had an abortion when she was first brought in by Singapore's anti-graft bureau to give her statement.

Mr Bay Chun How, an officer of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), said this in court on Wednesday on day 5 of the trial of Tey Tsun Hang.

Mr Bay said Ms Darinne Ko, who is Tey's ex-student, revealed she was pregnant to the CPIB on April 2, 2012.

He told the court he had returned to the bureau at about 10am that day after making a trip to Tey's house.

He wanted to find out what progress had been made at that time.

That was when he learnt that Ms Ko was already giving information.

Mr Bay, who is the prosecution's seventh witness, said Ms Ko was already cooperating and had confirmed her sexual relationship with Tey, as well as the gifts.

He added that she had told the CPIB about her pregnancy and abortion.

Tey, 41, a former district judge, is accused of six counts of obtaining gratification in the form of gifts and sex from Ms Ko between May and July 2010, in exchange for lifting her grades.

Earlier, Tey continued to try to poke holes in the testimony of the prosecution's second witness.

He questioned CPIB officer, Ms Png Chen Chen, who had interrogated Ms Ko.

He asked her about the way Ms Ko was treated during questioning.

Tey's premise is that Ms Png had extracted Ms Ko's statement through inducement, threats and promises.

But the CPIB officer disagreed.

A third prosecution witness, Mdm Lee Swee Khuen, also took the stand.

Mdm Lee is a senior associate director of the Human Resource Department of NUS.

She testified that NUS has a code of conduct, requiring staff to declare gifts as well as conflict of interests.

An issue raised by Tey on January 15 also surfaced during her testimony.

Tey had said he could not afford two forensic tests costing more than S$50,000 to verify handwriting and ink dating on his cheque book entries - as he has been suspended since July last year.

On Wednesday, Mdm Lee told the court that Tey is still receiving his pay every month, even during suspension.

Channel NewsAsia understands that Tey's pay is about S$15,000 a month.

The fourth witness who testified was Ms Eileen Pang, senior associate director of financial services at NUS.

A fifth prosecution witness, Mr Akira Goh of CYC Shanghai Shirt Company, also gave evidence.

- CNA/ck/fa

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