Ex-professor gets jail for sexual favors
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June 4, 2013, Tuesday
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A Singaporean judge yesterday sentenced a former law professor to five months in jail for accepting sex and gifts from a student in exchange for good grades.
The case is one of several recent corruption trials to hit the city-state, which has a reputation of cultivating a clean bureaucracy.
Tey Tsun Hang was fired from the National University of Singapore last week after being convicted of six counts of corruption involving what was described in court as "unbecoming" behavior for a senior educator.
Chief District Judge Tan Siong Thye sentenced the 42-year-old to five months in jail and ordered him to pay a fine of 514 Singapore dollars (US$408).
Tey was charged last July with accepting sex, tailored shirts, an iPod, an expensive pen and dinner at an Italian restaurant from a then-21-year-old student.
The student also told investigators that she had an abortion after becoming pregnant with Tey's child.
Tan said Tey had "clearly and systematically" taken advantage of a student and told a "litany of lies" after being discovered.
Tey was a former judge himself who received an annual salary of 225,000 Singapore dollars for his university job.
The case is one of several recent corruption trials to hit the city-state, which has a reputation of cultivating a clean bureaucracy.
Tey Tsun Hang was fired from the National University of Singapore last week after being convicted of six counts of corruption involving what was described in court as "unbecoming" behavior for a senior educator.
Chief District Judge Tan Siong Thye sentenced the 42-year-old to five months in jail and ordered him to pay a fine of 514 Singapore dollars (US$408).
Tey was charged last July with accepting sex, tailored shirts, an iPod, an expensive pen and dinner at an Italian restaurant from a then-21-year-old student.
The student also told investigators that she had an abortion after becoming pregnant with Tey's child.
Tan said Tey had "clearly and systematically" taken advantage of a student and told a "litany of lies" after being discovered.
Tey was a former judge himself who received an annual salary of 225,000 Singapore dollars for his university job.
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