I am sure some of you might have heard this by now but looks like we were looking at the wrong end of the stick. The Woffles issue is not about one individual. Far from it. It looks like not that Woffles Wu got a light sentence but others might have got harsh sentence and not in line with the sentencing guidelines. There is also the possibility that the adjudicating individuals were confused with the various elements necessary to impose such sentences.
TOC had pried open the Pandora box a little too wide. IThere is no doubt that the Yong Pung How effect continues to play within our courts - harsh sentence and even harsher sentence on appeal. So the avenue to reconsider and a 2nd opinion was lost. Mistakes continue to be made. There is also the element that legal costs were just too high. Only Radiologist and Plastic Surgeons have the means to seek redress. What a country.
Remember the person who first brought out Pandora box was none other than a senior counsel who also happened to be a PAP MP.
What are the options facing the Govt :
1. Act dumb, and never admit.
2. Acknowledge and compensate those wrongly sentenced.
3. Insist that Woffles was sentenced correctly, claim that every case has its own attributes and no two case are alike and keep the focus on Woffles only.
So pick your option.
TOC had pried open the Pandora box a little too wide. IThere is no doubt that the Yong Pung How effect continues to play within our courts - harsh sentence and even harsher sentence on appeal. So the avenue to reconsider and a 2nd opinion was lost. Mistakes continue to be made. There is also the element that legal costs were just too high. Only Radiologist and Plastic Surgeons have the means to seek redress. What a country.
Remember the person who first brought out Pandora box was none other than a senior counsel who also happened to be a PAP MP.
What are the options facing the Govt :
1. Act dumb, and never admit.
2. Acknowledge and compensate those wrongly sentenced.
3. Insist that Woffles was sentenced correctly, claim that every case has its own attributes and no two case are alike and keep the focus on Woffles only.
So pick your option.