Koh professor of law at the national university of singapore, the tunku abdul rahman professor of law at the university of malaya, and the former head of the school of law at the university of tasmania. Jan 10, 20 a young lawyer testifying against her former law professor in a sexforgrades case said in court thursday that she lost her virginity to him. Sexforgrades case takes a surprising turn, singapore. Feb 28, 2014 former national university of singapore law professor tey tsun hang inset was found guilty by a district court of six charges of corruption over his relationship with his thenstudent in 2010. Tommy koh thong bee dunu first class, dubc, pjg, bbm born 12 november 1937 is a singaporean international lawyer, professor and diplomat. An nus law professor cannot get his book published by his own univeristy, but. Former law professor tey tsun hang has failed in his bid to launch court proceedings to challenge his sacking from the national university of singapore nus in 20. Exlaw prof tey tsun hang cleared of corruption by high. On 31 may 20, lim, the excommissioner of the singapore civil defence force scdf, was convicted of one charge of corruptly obtaining sexual gratification from a female general manager of a vendor in the it industry in exchange for favouring the business interests of her. Tey tsun hang gave a statement to reporters after being charged with corruption on 27 july. Mike koehler, author at fcpa professor page 428 of 630. Publications of ccpl, faculty of law, university of hong kong author. The practice of law associate professor tang hang wu, professor michael hor, ms.
Tey tsun hang vs public prosecutor citation 1150721 court. Legal scholar critical of singapore politics and law charged. Nus exlaw professor went to jail for 5 months for nothing. Jul 25, 2012 law prof in sexforgrades case, tey tsun hang, denies fabricating evidence in the trialwithinatrial hearing where he maintains that confessions were extracted from him under duress,by the cpib. View david tans profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Former national university of singapore law professor tey tsun hang inset was found guilty by a district court of six charges of corruption over his relationship with his thenstudent in 2010. Giving out all of that extra credit wasnt worth it. Tommy koh thong bee dunu first class, dubc, pjg, bbm born 12 november 1937 is a singaporean international.
Darinne ko wen hui, 23, said that on 24 july 2010, when she was a student at national university of. Llm international business law programme ay20112012 course. Nus law prof tey takes short break after hyperventilating 22jan20. Jayakumar authored three books and 32 articles on the topics of constitutional law, international law and legal education. Trusts, and credit security trading by tey tsun hang singapore journal of legal studies, p. Singapore it was love which finally acquitted former law professor tey tsun hang of corruption charges on friday. High to low most popular title manufacturer newest oldest availability. A researchintensive university with an entrepreneurial dimension, nus is ranked consistently as one of the worlds top universities. Law prof tey tsun hang found guilty in sexforgrades case the law professor implicated in the sexforgrades case has been found guilty of corruption after a trial that spanned five months, from january to may.
Almost three years ago, singapores internal security department isd approached tey tsun hang, a malaysianborn law associate professor at the national university of singapore nus, about becoming a listening post meaning that he would provide information about goingson in the law faculty, including his own work. Singapore it was love which finally acquitted former law professor tey tsun hang of corruption charges on friday the love. In a stronglyworded judgment which took 312 hours to deliver, the judge said that there was overwhelming evidence that tey had taken undue advantage of his. Law prof in sexforgrades case,tey tsun hang, denies fabricating evidence in the trialwithinatrial hearing where he maintains that confessions were extracted from him under duress,by the cpib. David tan professor national university of singapore. Nus ex law professor went to jail for 5 months for nothing. Legal scholar critical of singapore politics and law. Tey tsun hang started hyperventilating in court during the.
Tey could have been prosecuted in part because of a book he wrote. Justice woo bih li criticised his character strongly in court, however, calling him a man without honour. At least going by the number of conspiracies circulating nowadays, m ravi being fixed by law society and prof tey tsun hang being fixed because his academic writings were critical of. The wing tsun kuen by grandmaster leung ting is without a doubt the bible of wing tsun and set the standard for martial arts books since its publication in 1978. Shop for books for those that like to read a little and want more indepth information on a topic, books are the best resource. Aug 07, 20 conversely, both peter lim and tey tsun hang faced guilty verdicts. He also has bachelor of commerce from melbourne majoring in economics. Singapore, having adopted the uncitral model law and a party to the 1858 new york viewinside. The association is regarded as the largest professional kung fu establishment in the world. National university of singapore associate professor of law tey tsun hang was charged with corruption for allegedly trading better grades for sex with a female student. Professor charged with trading better grades for sex faces up.
He discloses that he was repeatedly disallowed from going into and adducing the evidence of political interference, and was denied a critical witness from the internal security department by the. How good is the law department at the national university. Trusts law 4 credits assoc prof tey tsun hang assignment. Chinese courts are organized as a singular and unified system yet grassroots courts in urban and rural regions differ greatly in the way they use the law and are as diverse as the populations they serve. Verdict on sexforgrades trial to be delivered on may 28. Anticorruption developments in singapore ten things to. Yihan goh dean and professor at school of law, singapore management university. Tey tsun hang abstract singapores governing peoples action party pap leadership has always been sensitive towards political criticism. Former law professor tey tsun hang, ex scdf chief peter lim.
Tsun hang tey mr faculty of law, national university of. Jul 29, 2012 the attorneygenerals chambers agc has denied any link between the politically charged academic publications of nus law facultys associate professor tey tsun hang and the prosecution against him for corruption for allegedly sleeping with law student darinne ko in return for improving her grades. If the govt has a list of people to fix, i wonder if lawyers take up more than half that list. Jul 25, 2012 that was how chief district judge tan siong thye described national university of singapore nus law professor tey tsun hang, 42, before convicting him on six counts of corruption. Ms ko revealed in her testimony that she had been coached to give. Law prof tey tsun hang found guilty in sexforgrades case. Professor charged with trading better grades for sex faces. Former national university of singapore law professor tey tsun hang said on friday that the sexforfavours case against him was politically motivated right from the beginning.
The book accuses the singapore judiciary of inexcusable timidity. Tey tsun hang jailed in singapore business insider. Former national university of singapore nus professor, tey tsun hang will also pay a penalty for the gifts he had received, judge tan siong thye ruled. A young lawyer testifying against her former law professor in a. Tey tsun hang singapores schizophrenic jurisprudence is fascinating to many legal scholars. One of his classmates, david allen professor david allen when i interviewed him in. Adding comments from agc former national university of singapore law professor tey tsun hang, who was previously convicted in a sexforgrades scandal, was on friday morning acquitted of all his charges in singapores high court on appeal. Prof tey tsun hang complains about isd and academic. Exlaw prof fails in bid to challenge nus, singapore news. Tam hon, tam gar saam chin martialart gymnasium the kungfu style with the soft and unlaborious but at the same time the most fierce and fatal streetfighting method grandmaster keith ronald kernspecht. In the qs world university rankings by subject for 2011, national university of singapore nus faculty of law was ranked 1st in asia and 24th in the world.
We offer the most extensive selection of academic programmes in singapore, collaborating with leading universities worldwide to provide our students with diverse opportunities for overseas exposure. Love notes proved his innocence, singapore news asiaone. Youve read some stories about the nonacademic staff and personnel in law school. The verdict on the corruption trial involving law professor tey tsun hang will be delivered on may 28. Its genius has been to present singapore as one of the most sophisticated and open societies with its common law, all the while being careful to help keep its highlycontrolled political and social system largely intact. Law professor tey tsun hang arrives at the subordinate courts on. Law prof tey tsun hang found guilty of all 6 charges in sexforgrades case yahoo. In his first response to yahoo singapore via email right after his acquittal from six corruption charges, he also spoke strongly against singapores judiciary and. The appellant had initiated the illicit relationship with ms ko. High court overturns former nus law profs sexforfavours.
Koh professor of law at the national university of singapore, the tunku abdul rahman professor of law at the university of malaya, and the former head of the school of law at the university of tasmania sornarajah attended the royal college colombo and received law degrees from the university of ceylon, yale. According to a the new paper tnp exclusive on wednesday, the equity professor was arrested in april and is now out on bail. A thorough research into the theories of kungfu law kay, choy lee fut founder chan heung memorial association promoter of chinese kungfu for the benefits of all races of the world. Law professor tey tsun hang was convicted on may 28, 20, of all six counts of corruptly accepting sex and gifts from his student at the national university of singapore in return for giving her. Dean of the nus law faculty simon chesterman, said in a letter to the schools alumni, we take a serious view of any misconduct and will take strong disciplinary action against individuals who breach these standards. We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Singapore court overturns professors conviction in sex. The corrupt practices investigation bureau has him under probe for allegedly having sex with a. He was awarded the public service star bbm in 1980. Tey tsun hang vs public prosecutor citation 1150721.
Singapore has a highly sophisticated legal framework that imposes close and strict regulation on the local press and media system. Singapore news today former nus law prof tey tsun hang. Leung tings most popular book is 116 wing tsun dummy techniques as demonstrated by grandmaster yi. I did not know tey tsun hang and his book was on the shelf. Former law professor tey tsun hang, accused of obtaining sex and gifts from one of his students. Apr 12, 2016 tey tsun hang, the law professor convicted on corruption charges after having an affair with a student, is heading to jail for five months. National university of singapore associate law professor currently being investigated in a sexforgrades scandal has been identified as former district judge tey tsun hang. Its genius has been to present singapore as one of the most sophisticated and open societies with its common law, all the while being careful to help keep its highlycontrolled. May 28, 20 former nus law professor tey tsun hang, 42, has been released from jail to spend the rest of his fivemonth term at home. Singapores schizophrenic jurisprudence is fascinating to many legal scholars. Law professor tey tsun hang, arriving in court on day 3 of his sexforgrades trial on 14 jan 20. Both former national university of singapore law professor tey tsun hang and excivil defence chief peter lim started their jail terms on wednesday. Nus law prof tey takes short break after hyperventilating.
Law prof tey tsun hang found guilty in sexforgrades case the law professor implicated in the sexforgrades case has been found guilty of corruption after a trial. National university of singapore associate law professor tey tsun hang was charged friday morning with six counts of corruption in a sexforgrades scandal. Asked to be a snitch, law prof refuses to stay compliantin law, crime, court cases. In 1980, jayakumar was elected a member of parliament mp for the constituency of bedok. Nus law prof tey contests 6 cpib statements 16jan20 youtube. He revisited the issue of the two cheque book entries he claimed would show that he had.
That was how chief district judge tan siong thye described national university of singapore nus law professor tey tsun hang, 42, before convicting him on six counts of corruption. At present, the international wing tsun association he founded has been expanded into a worldwide martial art organization with branches located in 63 countries. The attorneygenerals chambers agc has denied any link between the politically charged academic publications of nus law facultys associate professor tey tsun hang and the prosecution against him for corruption for allegedly sleeping with law student darinne ko in return for improving her grades. Former law professor tey tsun hang, ex scdf chief peter. Agence france presse a law professor was sentenced to five months in jail in singapore for obtaining sexual. David tan holds a phd from melbourne law school, a master of laws from harvard, and graduated with first class honours in law from the university of melbourne. Law professor tey tsun hang crossexamined darinne ko for the first time on day three of the sexforgrades corruption trial. Former law professor tey tsun hang leaving selarang park. Prof tey showed the evidence that isd was involved about his academic writings to high court. Tsun hang tey mr at faculty of law, national university of singapore. The first guy who came in was prof tey tsun hang and hans tjio. Muthucumaraswamy sornarajah born 24 april 1942 is a legal academic. Actually the above is fictional and satirical, as i merely substituted roy ngerng and ttsh for tey tsun hang and nus in the article exlaw prof takes court action against nus tr emeritus, jun 11. I have no confidence in the singapore judiciary submitted by farhan on fri, 28022014 5.
Tey tsun hang, 41, said they cannot be counted as evidence as they were made. Tey tsun hang, 42, was convicted of six counts of corruptly obtaining gratification in the form of gifts and sex from darinne ko wen hui, in return for giving her better grades between may and. Feb 28, 2014 in a separate judgment on sentencing see pp v tey tsun hang 20 sgdc 166, the tj found that there were many aggravating factors. Tey tsun hang, the law professor convicted on corruption charges after having an affair with a student, is heading to jail for five months.
Singapore court overturns professors conviction in sexfor. A young lawyer testifying against her former law professor in a sexforgrades case said in court thursday that she lost her virginity to him. Leung ting has 16 books on goodreads with 592 ratings. Adding comments from agc former national university of singapore law professor tey tsun hang, who was previously. His lawyer peter low told the straits times that tey convicted in the sexforgrades case that involved exstudent darinne ko was released on tuesday afternoon with two conditions. View tsun hang teys profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Singapore law professor in sexforgrades corruption case. Darinne ko wen hui, 23, said that on 24 july 2010, when she was a student at national university of singapore nus, she and associate law professor tey tsun hang, 41, had sex for the first time. Nus associate law professor tey tsun hang arrives at court 27 july 2012 to face corruption charges.
Leung ting devoted his lifetimes energy to developing wing tsun kung fu. In a separate judgment on sentencing see pp v tey tsun hang 20 sgdc 166, the tj found that there were many aggravating factors. Conversely, both peter lim and tey tsun hang faced guilty verdicts. Tsun hang tey mr faculty of law, national university. Jul 27, 2012 national university of singapore associate professor of law tey tsun hang was charged with corruption for allegedly trading better grades for sex with a female student.
May 28, 20 tey tsun hang, 42, was convicted of six counts of corruptly obtaining gratification in the form of gifts and sex from darinne ko wen hui, in return for giving her better grades between may and. Law professor tey tsun hang, left, arrives at court in singapore on june 3, 20. Darinne koa young lawyer testifying against her former law professor in a sexforgrades case said in court thursday that she lost her virginity to him. Censorship, sex and scandal in singapore the monthly. He was also singapores former permanent representative to the united nations.
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