Trend Alert: Home detention for the priviledged Singapore crimninals

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Ex-SCDF chief Peter Lim on home detention

Peter Lim subjected to monitoring while serving rest of 6-month sentence outside jail

By Bryna Singh

Peter Lim Sin Pang, the former civil defence chief who was convicted of corruption, will serve out the remainder of his six-month jail term at home.

The Singapore Prison Service, responding to queries, confirmed that the 53-year-old was let out of Changi Prison and placed on home detention on Sept 27.

Lim was found guilty in May of corruptly obtaining sex from a 49-year-old sales director who had worked for Nimrod Engineering, a vendor of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF). This was in exchange for furthering the business interests of Nimrod.

He also admitted to seven more corruption charges involving trysts with two other women who were working for separate vendors of the SCDF.

http://www.straitstimes.com/breakin...-scdf-chief-peter-lim-home-detention-20131006

 

[Annunaki]

All along it has been like that for the connected. If not better prepare to rot inside.

 

[kopiuncle]

this is a more acceptable and civilized way of treating offenders
i think it is the right way and singapore is moving into this direction
good for the society and also good for the offenders
family is still around - so less trauma, less suffering, less complications
and perhaps less space and money spent....i think it is a good idea.....

 

[Pioneer]

Maybe good because you don't want those convicted of less serious crimes to mix with hardcore inmates , not unless you want to keep him in prison forever. You are keeping him in prison for a certain time length, after that you will release him. The purpose is to rehabilitate him and nothing more than that. So the expectations is he will get a job after prison and reintegrate into society. By not mixing him with hardcore inmates, you make the transition of him reintegrating with society easier.

The other real benefit to this is by putting him in home detention, you actually save one spot in prison for someone else, save food etc so this actually save the tax payers money.

Of course, some may disagree with that and prefer to see him stay in prison throughout..

 

[bryanlim1972]

All along it has been like that for the connected. If not better prepare to rot inside.

please educate yourself instead of spouting nonsense.

http://sgforums.com/forums/3545/topics/436375?page=4
Eligibility for home detention
53. —(1) A prisoner is eligible to be released for home detention under section 52 if —
(a) he is serving a sentence of imprisonment for a term of not less than 4 weeks or such other period as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, prescribe in substitution thereof;

(aa) he has served not less than 14 days of his sentence of imprisonment or such other period as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, prescribe in substitution thereof; and

(b) he is not a prisoner specified under the Schedule as being disqualified from being released for home detention under section 52.

(1A) The disqualification of a prisoner under subsection (1) (b) may be removed by the Minister if he considers that the prisoner is deserving of home detention, having regard to the circumstances of the case, including the following factors:

(a) the prisoner’s progress and response to rehabilitation in prison;

(b) the prisoner’s family support; and

(c) the risk of recidivism by the prisoner.

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1) (a), the total consecutive periods of imprisonment of whatever nature shall be treated as one sentence.

 

[saratogas]

Peter Lim can start writing his resume, CV and start looking for job!

 

[kopiuncle]

thank you mr lim for your very enlightening and informative post

thank you very much

greatly appreciate

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Most prisoners are eligible for this...it's call the programme.
Unless alien (FT), hardcore or multi repeated convicts...if not most will get programme.
Pap dun want to feed so many mouths for free...prisons already overcrowded.

 

[Annunaki]

please educate yourself instead of spouting nonsense.

http://sgforums.com/forums/3545/topics/436375?page=4
Eligibility for home detention
53. —(1) A prisoner is eligible to be released for home detention under section 52 if —
(a) he is serving a sentence of imprisonment for a term of not less than 4 weeks or such other period as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, prescribe in substitution thereof;

(aa) he has served not less than 14 days of his sentence of imprisonment or such other period as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, prescribe in substitution thereof; and

(b) he is not a prisoner specified under the Schedule as being disqualified from being released for home detention under section 52.

(1A) The disqualification of a prisoner under subsection (1) (b) may be removed by the Minister if he considers that the prisoner is deserving of home detention, having regard to the circumstances of the case, including the following factors:

(a) the prisoner’s progress and response to rehabilitation in prison;

(b) the prisoner’s family support; and

(c) the risk of recidivism by the prisoner.

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1) (a), the total consecutive periods of imprisonment of whatever nature shall be treated as one sentence.

Did I just fucked your backside? If so I apologized.

 

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Sex for grades case: Former law professor Tey Tsun Hang a free man



Former professor Tey Tsun Hang exits Selarang Park Community Supervision Centre on a hired cab after having his electronic tag removed on Oct 5, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Former law professor Tey Tsun Hang is a free man.

The 42-year-old reported to the Selarang Park Community Supervision Centre on Saturday morning to have his electronic tag removed. This after serving the last few weeks of a five-month jail term on home detention.

He did not speak to the media that was camped outside the centre but later told The Straits Times as he was leaving in a taxi that he was still not allowed to comment because he "was told (by the prison authorities) that if I did, I may get re-arrested".

Mr Tey's personal fight for his innocence is not over yet. His appeal against his conviction for six counts of corruptly obtaining gifts and sex from former student Darinne Ko will be heard in about two weeks time