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Sex-for-grades trial
Law professor Tey Tsun Hang never intended to declare to his employer, the National University of Singapore (NUS), his past relationship with former lover Darinne Ko, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Andre Jumabhoy in the sex-for-grades corruption trial on Wednesday.
Whether law professor Tey Tsun Hang had breached the anonymity of his university's marking system was the subject of Tuesday morning's hearing. Six months before former student Darinne Ko was to sit for an exam for a module he taught, Tey received an e-mail with her matriculation number, the court heard.
The love that Ms Darinne Ko and he shared was "forbidden" and "frowned upon by society", said law professor Tey Tsun Hang.
Chief District Judge Tan Siong Thye on Tuesday morning decided that the six statements that law professor Tey Tsun Hang made to Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) officers will be admitted as evidence.
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.
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.
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.
Law professor Tey Tsun Hang was able to recount in court over the past two days, "vivid" details of his ordeal at the hands of anti-graft officers when he was being questioned at the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) headquarters last year.
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.
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.
On the first day of the resumption of the sex-for-grades trial, law professor Tey Tsun Hang, 41, continued to focus on proving that anti-graft officer Mr Teng Khee Fatt had "inflicted fear" upon him during interrogations last May.
The sex-for-grades corruption trial against law professor Tey Tsun Hang resumes Monday, after an adjournment of about two months.
Highlights of the sex-for-grades trial against NUS law professor Tey Tsun Hang.
The sex-for-grades corruption trial against law professor Tey Tsun Hang was adjourned, after he suddenly slumped over while in the dock.
The law professor, on trial for corruptly obtaining gifts and sex from a 23-year-old student in exchange for improving her grades, said in court today that a senior anti-graft investigator had threatened him.
Four more officers from the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) took the stand on Monday as the sex-for-grades corruption trial of NUS law professor Tey Tsun Hang entered its eighth day.
Law professor Tey Tsun Hang on Friday got into a terse exchange with the prosecution over documents regarding a psychiatric consultation.
The sex-for-grades trial resumed this morning with law professor Tey Tsun Hang cross-examining the anti-graft investigator who recorded his statement last year.
Ms Darinne Ko had told officers from the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) that she was pregnant but had an abortion, a court heard Wednesday.
NUS law professor Tey Tsun Hang, on trial for corruption, this morning accused an anti-graft officer of "selective perfect memory".