支付助教兼职酬劳 朱为强涉挪用公款表罪成立

[therat]

http://news.omy.sg/News/Local-News/Z...heng-Li-169412

朱为强在法官昨天判他和前下属许丽萍涉嫌失信乒总8400元的控状表面罪名成立后，表明他要保持缄默。反之 ，许丽萍则在昨午开始答辩。法官告诉他们若选择保持缄默，他可以作出不利于他们的推断。

涉嫌挪用新加坡兵乓总会公款来支付助教私下兼职酬劳的乒总前会长朱为强在表面罪名成立后，以他没资料可补充 为由，保持缄默。不过，他在开庭陈词中否认不诚实，也辩称涉案款项不是乒总的公款而是助教罗捷 的酬劳。

朱为强（58岁）在法官林书豪昨天判他和前下属许丽萍（44岁）涉嫌失信这个组织8400元的控状表面罪名 成立后，表明他要保持缄默。反之，许丽萍则在昨午开始答辩。

林书豪法官在宣判两名被告表面罪名成立后，告诉他们可答辩或保持缄默，但若他们选择后者，他可以作出不利于 他们的推断。

不过，在朱为强选择不上证人栏答辩后，慕仁礼（K Muralidharan Pillai）律师促请法官不要对他的当事人作出不利的推断，同时阐释朱为强不答辩的理由。

完整报道，请翻阅28.05.2013的《联合早报》。

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some background of 朱为强

Choo Wee Khiang
Member of Parliament
- for Marine Parade GRC (Joo Chiat ward) 1988–1991
- for Jalan Besar GRC (Kallang ward) 1991–1997
- for Jalan Besar GRC (Whampoa ward) 1997–1999

deputy president of the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) from 1989 to 1998 ; 2002 - 2008

general manager of Marina Bay Golf Course (2008 - present)

Legal troubles
I Cheating conviction
In November 1990, Choo issued a false invoice from his company claiming to have sold equipment worth more than a million dollars to Wong See Kee, Choo's brother-in-law. Wong had used the invoice to get S$830,000 in financing, supposedly to pay for the purchase of the equipment. In 1999, Choo was charged with cheating. He resigned from his MP position and PAP before pleading guilty in court to a charge which was reduced from aggravated to simple cheating. Under Singapore law, an MP loses his seat if he gets a year's jail or more than S$2,000 fine.[1]

Choo's former fellow MP and Senior Counsel, K Shanmugam, represented Choo. Shanmugam pushed for a fine instead of a jail sentence. Petition letters by grassroots leaders, vouching for Mr Choo's character, described Choo as "hardworking," "compassionate," "selfless" and dedicated to community service. Lee Hsien Loong, the then Acting Prime Minister, said that Choo has done the right thing in resigning as a MP and PAP member, before pleading guilty in court.[1]

Choo was sentenced to two weeks' jail and fined S$10,000

II: Corruption charges
From 2005 to 2007, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) received several anonymous complaints against Choo alleging that he had charged his personal airfares, expenses, phone bills to STTA and received gifts from Chinese coaches and players. The total amount involved about S$10,600. The offences were allegedly committed during Choo's tenure as the president of the STTA.

The CPIB conducted investigations revealed that in 2005, Choo had received S$1,500 from Liu Zhongze, who was then a national team player, and Luo Jie, who was then an assistant coach of the STTA, in return for giving Liu more opportunities to represent the STTA in table tennis tournaments. Between 2003 and 2004, Choo is believed to have accepted USD$600 on two separate occasions from Shi Mei Sheng, who was then a STTA coach for approval of usage of two different training facilities in China.

On 8 December 2011, Choo was charged with three counts of corruption and one of criminal breach of trust. Koh Li Ping, former High Performance Manager of STTA, was also involved in the criminal breach of trust charge.

The CPIB said that between 2002 and 2003, Luo Jie, whose work pass only permitted him to work for STTA, provided table tennis training to students of Fuhua Secondary School. But the school was unable to pay him for the training provided, which amounted to S$8,400. Luo Jie told Choo and Koh about this, both of them then allegedly arranged with the school principal to engage STTA in a new training arrangement. The proceeds for the new training arrangement received will be used to pay Luo Jie for the outstanding fees. After STTA received the payment from the school, Koh obtained approval from Choo to authorise a payment of S$8,400 to Luo Jie, even though the latter did not provide any training services under the new training arrangement.

Choo's case has been adjourned to December 22. If found guilty of corruption, he can be fined S$100,000 and jailed five years for each charge. The punishment for criminal breach of trust is a jail term of up to 15 years and a fine.

[globalcookie]

Originally Posted by therat

Choo's former fellow MP and Senior Counsel, K Shanmugam, represented Choo. Shanmugam pushed for a fine instead of a jail sentence. Petition letters by grassroots leaders, vouching for Mr Choo's character, described Choo as "hardworking," "compassionate," "selfless" and dedicated to community service. Lee Hsien Loong, the then Acting Prime Minister, said that Choo has done the right thing in resigning as a MP and PAP member, before pleading guilty in court.[1]

Wonder when was it when K Shanmugam represented Choo? In this current case or past case?

If he wears blue underwear, all dirty linen will be published. "he and his party owes Singaporeans an accountability of his actions blah blah black sheep"... and "how X Party failed voters and not done a thorough background check on their candidates blah blah black shit"

But because of the white undies, stained from wet bowels and wet dreams, And, because he wears white underwear, they speak well of him, he is a good man! He is abcxyz blah blah black shit and he did the right thing.

[KAO LUO]

Hahahha .. !!!! White meh ? Small $ only

[globalcookie]

If opposition, $1 also will dig like Mt Everest leh.

But if them, any amount is just peanuts.

Simi sai pun si yi lang kong eh

[therat]

Originally Posted by globalcookie

Wonder when was it when K Shanmugam represented Choo? In this current case or past case?

If he wears blue underwear, all dirty linen will be published. "he and his party owes Singaporeans an accountability of his actions blah blah black sheep"... and "how X Party failed voters and not done a thorough background check on their candidates blah blah black shit"

But because of the white undies, stained from wet bowels and wet dreams, And, because he wears white underwear, they speak well of him, he is a good man! He is abcxyz blah blah black shit and he did the right thing.

past case....
now.. this case.. i don't think Shanmugam got time / want to fight for me.
1st case can forget
but 2nd case.. this Choo know the coach is holding WP and allow him to moon light. Sometime.. now this coach is PR
MOM, ICA.. where are you

[hkh]

Can't Choo just use his own MP allowance to offset this $8400........

He get into so much trouble for so little money........

[mictok]

Small case la,since when got white against white
Only got white become whiter and whitest,this case stain a little bit only but still white

Originally Posted by globalcookie

If opposition, $1 also will dig like Mt Everest leh.

But if them, any amount is just peanuts.

Simi sai pun si yi lang kong eh

different goal post....

[hkh]

Originally Posted by Humongous

different goal post....

Don't even know whether was there a goal post at all.......