CPIB probe: NUS law student allegedly had sex with Prof
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Law prof in sex-for-grades trial has "flair for drama": prosecution
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.
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CPIB fabricated parts of statements: law prof in sex-for-grades trial
SINGAPORE: The National University of Singapore law professor involved in a sex-for-grades corruption trial said in court Tuesday that the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) fabricated parts of his statements.
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 is currently contesting that six of his CPIB statements are inadmissible as they were not given voluntary.
On Tuesday, his second day on the stand, Tey said that CPIB's deputy director Teng Khee Fatt had typed out what he wanted Tey to say while he was recording Tey's statement in May 2012.
Mr Teng had recorded three of the six statements in question. The first was recorded on 17 May, the second on 18 May, and the third on 24 May.
When questioned by the prosecution at the end of the court session on Tuesday, Tey said that the first statement recorded by Mr Teng on 17 May was partly fabricated while the second, recorded on 18 May, was "pretty much" made up.
Earlier in the day Tey told the court that the investigator had heaped expletives on him when he wanted to make changes to the first of six statements.
He said that he could not continue reading what was recorded in the statement as he was too affected by Mr Teng’s outburst.
Tey then said that the recording officer became impatient with him and threatened him whenever he would not make certain points in his second statement.
Tey also said that he was ill and on psychoactive medication during the recording of the third statement.
He added that he was in a state of helplessness, and signed the confession in "silent protest" after feeling like he was a “victim of oppression”.
Tey continued by saying that he was in a dissociative state and that nothing registered in his mind during the recording of the next three statements.
The district judge called for a short break during the trial to allow Tey to regain his composure after he broke down and cried on the stand; Tey became overwhelmed with emotion when recounting how he had to take care of his father, who had undergone two brain surgeries, while Tey himself was ill.
As Tey is currently contesting the admissibility of his CPIB statements, the court will to decide if his statements are admissible at the end of the “trial within a trial”.
The main corruption trial will take place thereafter.
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Law prof in sex-for-grades case denies fabricating evidence
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.
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The price of "Free Sex"....
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no longer able to follow this case bcos it is getting too 乱七八糟
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Originally posted by Just_do_it_lah:
The price of "Free Sex"....
U know, the taiwanese might actually use all this drama to make a new soap opera...
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Law prof in sex-for-grades trial was "inventing evidence": prosecution
SINGAPORE: 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.
The hearing is to determine if law professor Tey Tsun Hang was coerced into confessing to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB).
Tey, 41, maintains that the six statements he gave to the CPIB were made under threat and duress and the confessions are therefore not admissible in court.
But prosecutor Andre Jumabhoy said in his written submissions that Tey's evidence is "internally inconsistent" and that there is no credibility.
He said Tey had put one set of allegations to the prosecution witnesses but in his evidence, he came up with a different set of allegations, which he had never put to the prosecution witnesses.
Mr Jumabhoy said Tey could not offer any proper explanation for why he had failed to put these new allegations to the witnesses.
As for Tey's explanation that he had been suffering from acute stress disorder, Mr Jumabhoy said Tey was the only source of information for the diagnosis.
Tey's psychiatrist, Dr Michael Yong, also admitted it was possible that his diagnosis could be wrong if the information provided to him was incorrect.The prosecution said Tey's claims that he was forced by CPIB to give the statements despite his pleas of not being in a fit state to give statements "are inconsistent with evidence that he was keen to go to CPIB to explain himself".
Given these reasons, prosecution argued that the CPIB statements are admissible as they were made voluntarily.Tey faces 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.
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FireIce: "no longer able to follow this case bcos it is getting too 乱七八糟"
Add to your confusion!! His "close friend" works in Ministry of Home Affairs and they hold hands!
I had been following the trial of Prof Tey Tsun Hang with interest especially when I’m one of his neighbours. I started to notice him months ago after reading about him in the newspapers. He is residing with a lady whom I thought was his wife until I read The NewPaper this afternoon (http://www.tnp.sg/content/witness-asked-about-relationship-law-prof).
The lady in the article who claimed to be his “close friends” must be his lover since she is not his wife and they are staying in the same unit. I had also noticed them behaving in an intimate manner in public. I am disgusted by a man like him who tarnishes the sacred marriage vow and continues to do so with no remorse.
These are pictures that I took when I saw them shopping in Toa Payoh Central. If you do not believe what I say, you can pay them a visit at Blk 119 Toa Payoh Lor 1, 8th floor.
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free 剧本 for mediacorp!
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Sex-for-grades law prof "fabricated and exaggerated" some evidence says judge
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.
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Hohoho...
Wat more pattern up his sleeves? This Tey's pattern more then badminton
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Law prof in sex-for-grades trial says former student deserved poorer grades
SINGAPORE: The National University of Singapore (NUS) law professor embroiled in the sex-for-grades corruption trial said 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.
Earlier, CPIB officer Bay Chun How testified in court over Tey's first statement, recorded on 5 April 2012.
The trial continues.
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Law prof in sex-for-grades trial disputes recorded CPIB statement
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.
The trial continues.
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star awards best male lead straight away give him lah
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Law prof in sex-for-grades trial says "he was in love" with his former student
SINGAPORE: The law professor accused of corruption in the sex-for-grades trial said he loved his former student and that he never wanted to take advantage of her.
Tey Tsun Hang, 41, faces six allegations that he corruptly obtained gifts and sex from 23-year-old Darinne Ko, in return for lifting her grades between May and July 2010.
Taking the witness stand in his own defence on Monday, Tey recounted his relationship with Ms Ko, saying he was in love with her.
He added that she would address him as "dearest dinosaur" and gave him an iPod filled with songs they listened to together.
Describing Ms Ko as "charming", "vivacious" and "an intellect", Tey also told the court they would send each other poems - hers in English and his in Mandarin - as a declaration of their love for one another.
Tey also went through the list of gifts Ms Ko showered on him, which included among other things, a Montblanc pen, CYC tailored shirts and an iPod.
Tey also gave an explanation of his cheque book entries that were mentioned in court in January this year.
The court had heard then that Tey had paid Ms Ko for those gifts as well as for the dinner at Garibaldi's. The bill for that dinner was dated 21 July 2010.
Tey said he had issued a cheque for S$2,500 in July 2010 before Ms Ko left for an overseas study stint.
Back in January 2013, he said the amount is slightly more than the value of the gifts mentioned in the first four charges.
But in January this year, Ms Ko said no such cheque was given to her.
Tey said he made the cheque out to Ms Ko but she refused to accept it.
Tey said he paid her in cash after that.
At that time, lead prosecutor Mr Andre Jumabhoy pointed out that the cheque was dated early July 2010 while the dinner bill was dated 21 July.
So Mr Jumabhoy said Tey is purporting to pay for a dinner even before it had taken place.
But on Monday, Tey explained that Ms Ko had been arranging for the Garibaldi dinner weeks before the actual appointment as all nine attendees had different schedules. And because it was arranged weeks before, Tey said he had a rough idea of the cost of the dinner.
By then, Tey said he also found out from a friend, the cost of the Montblanc pen.
He said he added the costs of the dinner, pen and other gifts and wrote a cheque amounting to S$2,500 to Ms Ko for the items to reimburse her.
Tey said that prosecution's point about him being able to foretell the cost of a dinner in the future was a "hurtful supposition".
The move for Tey to testify follows the wrap of the prosecution's case on Monday morning.
The defence has to lay out its case now.
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Wah lao...
from saying that the CPIB threaten him, to saying the CPIB statement is wrong and now is say they are lover...
Eh, wait, wasn't that wat either Ng Boon Gay or Peter Lim said in their defence for the sex scandal involved in their tenders?
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like they said - if u wan more sex be a college lecturer
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Originally posted by lce:
like they said - if u wan more sex be a college lecturer
u forgot the "claim-to-be-lover" partanyway, in the newspaper, the other online vice thingy with the underage girl. One of the accused was saying that it was not possible at that time because he was temporary impotent (or something like tat)...
Then followed by the fact that he only baked her a walnut cake and chit chat... They only have sex after they become good friends on a much later timeline (no idea if she's over 18 by then anot)
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Law prof in sex-for-grades trial denies making certain points in statements
SINGAPORE: The law professor defending himself in a sex-for-grades corruption trial took the stand for a second day in court on Tuesday.
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.
On Tuesday, day 21 of the trial, Tey corrected parts of his statements made at the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB). He denied ever making certain points.
For example, Tey said in the statements that Ms Ko did not deserve to pass one of her papers marked by him.
However on Tuesday, Tey said he never made such a statement.
He pointed out that Ms Ko was on the Dean's List during her first year at the National University of Singapore’s Law Faculty.
Tey said Ms Ko was not on the Dean's List in 2010 when they were dating.
He also reiterated that his relationship with Ms Ko was without corrupt intent.
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Law prof in sex-for-grades trial to be assessed at IMH
SINGAPORE: The law professor accused of corruption in the sex-for-grades trial will be going to the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) for assessment.
Tey Tsun Hang, 41, faces six allegations of obtaining gifts and sex from his former student Darinne Ko, in return for giving her better grades between May and July 2010.
On Thursday morning, Tey's lawyer made an application for his client to see a forensic psychiatrist at IMH to determine if he is fit to stand trial.
The move comes after Tey felt unwell on Wednesday and had to seek treatment at the National University Hospital.
There, he was diagnosed with acute hyperventilation and was referred to a forensic psychiatrist at IMH.
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Not wrong to have relationship with student: law prof in sex-for-grades trial
SINGAPORE: The law professor defending himself in a sex-for-grades corruption trial on Wednesday said he did not think it was wrong for him to have a relationship with a student.
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 on Wednesday told the court that he did not see anything wrong with him continuing to teach Ms Ko, even though their relationship ended in late 2010.
He however admitted that he failed to declare the relationship and gifts to the National University of Singapore (NUS), as required by the university's code of conduct.
Lead prosecutor Andre Jumabhoy then charged that Tey tried to conceal the relationship and gifts from NUS so that he could continue teaching Ms Ko.
Tey denied this, saying that he tried to stop Ms Ko from enrolling in one of his courses after their relationship ended.
Ms Ko enrolled in a course taught by Tey in 2011.
Mr Jumabhoy pointed out that by that point time, Tey had already taught Ms Ko two other subjects.
"Two out of three courses isn't bad, is it Mr Tey?" said the prosecutor, to which Tey replied: "If you are saying I advantaged her in the two courses, the results show that she was not."
Another point of contention was the payment for gifts.
Ms Ko allegedly gave Tey a Frederic Chopin edition Mont Blanc pen, two CYC tailored shirts, and an iPod. She also paid for a group dinner hosted by Tey at an Italian restaurant. The items and dinner amounted to about S$2,415.
During the first tranche of the trial in January this year, Tey said he issued a cheque amounting to S$2,500 in July 2010 before Ms Ko left for an overseas study stint.
However when Ms Ko testified in January, she said no such cheque was given to her.
Tey then said that he made the cheque out to Ms Ko but she refused to accept it, leading him to pay her in cash.
Ms Ko however also denied receiving the cash.
On Wednesday, when asked if he found it odd that Ms Ko denied ever receiving the cheque and cash, Tey said his "heart sank" when he heard her answer.
Tey also told the court on Wednesday that he was aware and concerned that Ms Ko was earning only a small allowance from her internships and thus wanted to pay her back for the gifts she had bought, as well as the dinner for which she paid.
Tey said he did an estimate before the dinner took place as he wanted to reimburse Ms Ko before she left Singapore. Ms Ko was to leave the country on 3 August 2010.
This prompted the prosecution to ask why Tey did not pay for the Mont Blanc pen and the tailored shirts first; Mr Jumabhoy pointed out that by 15 June, 2010, Tey knew the cost of the pen but did not pay her.
Tey replied saying that it was because he did not want to sully their relationship by talking about money.
Mr Jumabhoy however pointed out that on 22 June 2010, while the pair was at the tailor's, Tey could have offered to pay for Ms Ko's shirts but he did not.
Tey explained that he had, at the back of his mind, wanted to pay Ms Ko back for the pen and shirts.
However he added that it was "not nice" to reimburse Ms Ko item by item so he decided to work out the cost of the dinner and issue a cheque for all the gifts.
Tey said he innocently thought to reimburse her in one sitting, which was why he made out the S$2,500 cheque to her.
Another point of contention in court on Wednesday was a revelation by the defence, who said that Ms Ko had asked for Tey to reimburse her S$1,000 upon returning from her overseas stint in 2011. Ms Ko did so after requests from her mother, said Tey.
This lead the prosecution to stress that it was the first time the court heard Ms Ko's mother wanted S$1,000 from Tey, and that it was very different from Ms Ko's court testimony.
Ms Ko had previously testified that Tey did not pay her for the gifts or dinner. The dinner was hosted by Tey but by late 2010 the pair had broken up.
Tey on Wednesday said he paid Ms Ko as he did not want "to quibble" over it.
This led Mr Jumabhoy to point out that Tey "should be aggrieved", adding that nowhere in his statements did Tey ever mention such an important point, which could clear him of the charges.
"But this is an important point!" said Mr Jumabhoy. "The basis for saying 'I'm not corrupt' is 'I have paid back every penny'.”
The prosecutor also pointed out that if Tey's account is accurate, the law professor had gone over and beyond by paying Ms Ko the S$1,000.
This lead Tey to explain again that he did not want to quibble over money.
The prosecution's case is that Tey never paid Ms Ko for any of the gifts nor the dinner.
Ms Ko was saddled with an unpaid bill for six months for a dinner hosted by Tey before she sought reimbursement in early 2011, said the prosecution.
Tey disagreed.
After lunch, the trial was adjourned for about an hour after it started as Tey was sick and had to see a doctor.
The trial continues.
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more and more pattern...
now play the keng sick pattern...
still got wat other pattern???
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Finally kena sentenced
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Sex for grades case: Former law professor Tey Tsun Hang begins his 5-month jail term
Former National University of Singapore law professor Tey Tsun Hang has started his five-month prison sentence for corruption.
This after the 42-year-old former lecturer appeared in court on Wednesday afternoon to surrender to a district court.
Tey, arrived at the Subordinate Courts at about 3pm with his head shaved. When asked by reporters why he shaved his head, he said with his lips trembling: "I thought I should do it by myself, instead of (having it shaved) by the system."
Just before he was taken to the lock-up, he unfolded a piece of paper from his shirt and read aloud in Japanese to two former colleagues who were present. He said the note was "on behalf of my beloved wife and daughter"'.
now look more hamsum ma?