Tey Tsun Hang could have faked mental condition: prosecution
By Claire Huang
POSTED: 04 Apr 2013 1:55 PM
UPDATED: 04 Apr 2013 11:50 PM
The prosecution on Thursday tried to prove that Tey Tsun Hang feigned an acute stress disorder.
SINGAPORE: The prosecution on Thursday tried to prove that Tey Tsun Hang, the law professor at the centre of a sex-for-grades trial, feigned an acute stress disorder.
Tey, 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.
The former district judge is contesting the voluntariness of his six statements to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), maintaining that the confessions were extracted from him under duress.
The court will decide if Tey’s statements are admissible at the end of the “trial within a trial”. The main corruption trial will then take place thereafter.
Dr Michael Yong, Tey’s psychiatrist from Alexandra Hospital, said that Tey could have feigned his mental condition. He also said that his diagnosis would be inaccurate if false information was provided to him during his treatment of Tey.
Lead prosecutor Andre Jumabhoy on Thursday said that officers from CPIB had at no stage threatened or badgered Tey into confessing, leading Tey to disagree.
The prosecution also objected to the admission of some of Tey's cautioned statements, saying that the documents might prejudice the court as they "impinge on the contents" of his CPIB statements.
A cautioned statement is one which is given by an accused upon being charged with an offence.
Mr Jumabhoy said Tey was "making a mockery of the process" and could "well be running rings around (the legal) system," given that Tey was a former district judge and lawyer.
However the judge disagreed, saying that it was Tey’s entitlement under the law and that is was not an issue.
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- wong chee tat :)
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