AG Walter Woon To Lee Wei Ling: No One is above the Law!

[madmansg]

it is crazy to debate about the one day jail. What I want to know is the 14 months jail. FCUKING CRAZY SG JUSTICE SYSTEM.

 

[ahsoo]

Whatever Lee Wei Ling said, the bigger joke here is a person like Walter Woon can claim that "no one is above the law" in Singapore. How many believe his nonsense? Just look at how LKY showing his contempt of court and went scorch free, while Chee Soon Chuan was sent to the jail.

 

[Areopagus]

Of course this case is different - money changed hands, no poor man might have had his life endangered by surgery.....

 

[veritastruth]

I sure hope PROF Woon will remember what he says when political cases are presented before him ! LOOL

 

[Porfirio Rubirosa]

Please lah, you think Tang is so stupid not to have tried to do this first if it could have been done legally to avoid the current laws in S'pore? As it now stands it would have been illegal regardless of legal advice

 

[Porfirio Rubirosa]

Looks like you difficulty understanding the illegality of organ trading and deterrence sentencing

it is crazy to debate about the one day jail. What I want to know is the 14 months jail. FCUKING CRAZY SG JUSTICE SYSTEM.

 

[Hans168]

Technically no one is above the law but if one looks hard enough there were many instances of borderline cases of pple who are well-connect or rich skirting the law.
Is the learned prof. doing anything about the two poor guys cowed by TT Durai into submission n payment of cost & damages when the devil did indeed flew first class using NKF money!! Was TT Durai above the law (with his strong backers then... incl HoJinx)

 

[madmansg]

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Looks like you difficulty understanding the illegality of organ trading and deterrence sentencing
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looks like you cannot think outside the box and need reminder that this is not sg court but a forum to debate about true justice.

 

[chinkangkor]

Looks like you difficulty understanding the illegality of organ trading and deterrence sentencing

I thought organ trading will be made legal soon. If that is the case, there is no need for deterrence sentencing anymore, tiobo?

 

[sage]

Please lah, you think Tang is so stupid not to have tried to do this first if it could have been done legally to avoid the current laws in S'pore? As it now stands it would have been illegal regardless of legal advice

That is where the art and not science comes in bro.

 

[madmansg]

I thought organ trading will be made legal soon. If that is the case, there is no need for deterrence sentencing anymore, tiobo?
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good point. got lots of airhead lawyers cannot think clearly.

 

[eatshitndie]

I thought organ trading will be made legal soon. If that is the case, there is no need for deterrence sentencing anymore, tiobo?
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good point.

there are legal organ transplants and there are illegal organ transplants in sg. one is performed for visiting dignitaries (ahem, dictators) while the other is arranged privately and does not include the approval and control of the authorities. when organ trading in sg becomes legal to the public (most likely via a hefty fee paid to the gov), i like to have ns men's organs... everyone of them except the penis and the balls, because these organs are non-existent in sg.

 

[zack123]

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=msgleft width="1%" rowSpan=4></TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>1025.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>Double standards again? The CK Tang guy only squat 1 afternoon.
Sep 4, 2008
Jail for man with cancer
A 58-YEAR-OLD man with terminal lung cancer will be spending some of his final days behind bars.


Heng Wa Seng will be serving seven months in jail for corruption, managing two unlicensed massage parlours and hiring a foreigner who had no work permit.

District Judge Chia Wee Kiat heard that Heng is suffering from advanced lung cancer that doctors say is incurable.

The court was not told how long he is expected to live, only that he is undergoing chemotherapy at the National Cancer Centre.

Police caught him running an unlicensed massage parlour in Upper Serangoon Road in July last year. Instead of closing shop, he continued operating until February. During that time, Heng also ran an unlicensed massage parlour in Yishun Avenue 11.

One of his hires was a 28-year-old Chinese national, Zheng Xiao Mu, who had no work permit.

Heng also received an $800 bribe from another Chinese national, Lin Zhihong, in May 2006 for using his name to register a massage parlour on her behalf. Yesterday, he was jailed for four months on this charge of corruption.

The unemployed Heng will serve another three months behind bars because he was unable to pay a $12,000 fine that accompanied the convictions for running the massage parlours.

KHUSHWANT SINGH
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Good article to convey the so called fairness in our justice system. Should Heng be jailed at all since he would also be sapping away public funds in prison as he is terminally ill.

BTW, his act of opening up massage parlours only serve to alleviate the pressures encountered by Spore men and can be considered a minor infringement compared to old man Tang.

 

[myfoot123]

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The Rule of Law means that compliance with Acts of Parliament is not a matter of choice. No one is above the law.

Prof Walter Woon
Attorney-General

Can Walter Woon also explain why LHL can ride bicycle in the park and LTK cannot since no one is above the law?

 

[tommyh]

Where did you hear about the $100K commission for in law?

If I were Tang I would have given that twat Janine Tay a bollocking after her wayang performance on the telly, won him no favours at all. On the otherhand, his childhood chum Keith Chua spoke in a rational and measured tone. Also Bull's cachet appears to have gone up a notch or two with this case.

Tang's nephew in law on the otherhand must be seriously shitting in his pants now if the $100K commission allegation is in fact true

 

[silverspoon]

i still think it is an unfair judgement.

just because the guy is a rich guy they gave him special treatment. If he has not asked the middle man for lobang, the middle man would not have comitted the crime.

just like some bro said if someone paid another person to kill someone one..the mastermind only get 1 day jail? cannot be right?

 

[Einfield]

"No one is above the law"

Except for the one who appoint the judge dummy.
Who is Fatty boy trying to smoke?

 

[cass888]

So Woon is so righteous that if it was him he would follow law to the D (death). He is so theorectical and impractical with his rebuttal. C'mon, it is human nature to try to avoid death at all costs and risks. Of course Tang has the financial means to get to that organ such as bring his medical entourage to a foreign facility to carry out the transplant. Alternatively he should have consulted his friendly lawyer how to 'formalise' acceptable donorship if done in Singapore.

With all his riches, Tang should have paid the donor to go to a country where organ sales are legal.

 

[pia]

i still think it is an unfair judgement.

just because the guy is a rich guy they gave him special treatment. If he has not asked the middle man for lobang, the middle man would not have comitted the crime.

just like some bro said if someone paid another person to kill someone one..the mastermind only get 1 day jail? cannot be right?

The bitch who got her teen lover to murder her husband... maybe she should get one day jail too?

Btw, who was the guy who was fighting to give her a heavier sentence?

 

[wikiphile]

biting the master's daughter does not seem to be a good career idea, no matter how estranged they are