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Prof on full pay while suspended Walter Sim | The Straits Times | Sat Jan 19 2013
Law professor Tey Tsun Hang was suspended in July last year, after he was charged with corruption.
The 41-year-old continued to receive full pay from his employer, the National University of Singapore (NUS).
This and other information on his employment with NUS were revealed in court last Wednesday by university officials, who were testifying on the fifth day of the sex-for-grades corruption trial.
The NUS law professor - believed to be paid $15,000 a month - is facing six charges of corruptly obtaining gifts and sex from former student Darinne Ko Wen Hui, 23.
The items she gave him include a Montblanc pen, an iPod and two tailored shirts. She also paid for a dinner Tey hosted.
Last week, the court heard that Ms Ko had lost her virginity to Tey on a couch in his NUS law school office on July 24, 2010.
They had sex again there four days later, on the eve of her 21st birthday, the court was told.
Ms Ko also testified last week that at some point during their relationship, she had believed they were in love.
NUS senior associate directors Lee Swee Khuen (human resources) and Eileen Pang (financial services) were among six prosecution witnesses who gave evidence on that day.
Two others testified about the gifts Ms Ko had bought for Tey.
Ms Lee said that Tey never declared any personal relationships or conflicts of interest even though it was required under the university's code of conduct.
But when Tey asked her during cross-examination if a failure to make such disclosures would warrant a probe by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), her answer was no.
The court heard that NUS also has a policy that requires all staff to report gifts worth more than $100.
But Ms Pang testified that Tey had never done so.
She said the system is based on trust and if discovered, staff may be subjected to disciplinary action.
Mr Akira Goh from local tailor CYC The Custom Shop, and Mr De Costa Desmond Max were next.
Mr De Costa testified that he had in May 2010 sold Ms Ko the iPod touch that she had given Tey.
Mr Goh confirmed a transaction of $236.20 for two tailored shirts meant for Tey, which Ms Ko had paid for on June 22, 2010.
He, however, said that four shirts - a light blue one, a checkered one, a batik one and a pink striped one - which have been admitted as evidence "were not made by us".
He told the court he arrived at the conclusion because CYC does not have the fabrics or buttons of those four shirts, and there was no order number or year of order indicated on them.
This contradicted what Ms Ko had testified previously, that one of the four shirts - the light blue one - was a gift to Tey from her.
Also among the six witnesses was the CPIB's chief special investigator, Mr Bay Chun How, who testified in a trial within a trial at last Wednesday's proceeding.
This was to allow the judge to decide if Tey's statements recorded by CPIB officers are admissible.
The trial resumed last Thursday, with Mr Bay returning to the witness stand.
Law professor Tey Tsun Hang was suspended in July last year, after he was charged with corruption.
The 41-year-old continued to receive full pay from his employer, the National University of Singapore (NUS).
This and other information on his employment with NUS were revealed in court last Wednesday by university officials, who were testifying on the fifth day of the sex-for-grades corruption trial.
The NUS law professor - believed to be paid $15,000 a month - is facing six charges of corruptly obtaining gifts and sex from former student Darinne Ko Wen Hui, 23.
The items she gave him include a Montblanc pen, an iPod and two tailored shirts. She also paid for a dinner Tey hosted.
Last week, the court heard that Ms Ko had lost her virginity to Tey on a couch in his NUS law school office on July 24, 2010.
They had sex again there four days later, on the eve of her 21st birthday, the court was told.
Ms Ko also testified last week that at some point during their relationship, she had believed they were in love.
NUS senior associate directors Lee Swee Khuen (human resources) and Eileen Pang (financial services) were among six prosecution witnesses who gave evidence on that day.
Two others testified about the gifts Ms Ko had bought for Tey.
Ms Lee said that Tey never declared any personal relationships or conflicts of interest even though it was required under the university's code of conduct.
But when Tey asked her during cross-examination if a failure to make such disclosures would warrant a probe by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), her answer was no.
The court heard that NUS also has a policy that requires all staff to report gifts worth more than $100.
But Ms Pang testified that Tey had never done so.
She said the system is based on trust and if discovered, staff may be subjected to disciplinary action.
Mr Akira Goh from local tailor CYC The Custom Shop, and Mr De Costa Desmond Max were next.
Mr De Costa testified that he had in May 2010 sold Ms Ko the iPod touch that she had given Tey.
Mr Goh confirmed a transaction of $236.20 for two tailored shirts meant for Tey, which Ms Ko had paid for on June 22, 2010.
He, however, said that four shirts - a light blue one, a checkered one, a batik one and a pink striped one - which have been admitted as evidence "were not made by us".
He told the court he arrived at the conclusion because CYC does not have the fabrics or buttons of those four shirts, and there was no order number or year of order indicated on them.
This contradicted what Ms Ko had testified previously, that one of the four shirts - the light blue one - was a gift to Tey from her.
Also among the six witnesses was the CPIB's chief special investigator, Mr Bay Chun How, who testified in a trial within a trial at last Wednesday's proceeding.
This was to allow the judge to decide if Tey's statements recorded by CPIB officers are admissible.
The trial resumed last Thursday, with Mr Bay returning to the witness stand.
