Court to deliver Ng Boon Gay sex—for—contracts verdict

SINGAPORE: The verdict for the sex—for—contracts corruption case involving former Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) chief Ng Boon Gay will be revealed on Thursday afternoon.

The 46—year—old was charged in June 2012 with four counts of obtaining sexual favours from 36—year—old Ms Cecilia Sue, who was a sales manager for two IT vendors.

Ng had allegedly breached the Prevention of Corruption Act by engaging in sexual acts with Ms Sue on four occasions between June and December 2011.

Ms Sue was a sales manager with Hitachi Data Systems from June to November 2011, and subsequently joined Oracle Corporation Singapore in December 2011 as a senior sales manager.

Ng is accused of furthering the business interests of the two IT companies in their dealings with CNB in exchange for the sexual acts.

After a closely—watched 14—day trial, both the prosecution and defence made their closing arguments on 28 January 2013.

In his closing argument, lead prosecutor Tan Ken Hwee said that the burden of proof was on Ng, as he was a civil servant.

Proving that Ng had suspicions over Ms Sue’s motivations for performing the sexual favours was sufficient to prove he was corrupt under provisions of the law, said Mr Tan.

However the defence, led by Senior Counsel Tan Chee Meng, urged the court not to convict an innocent man just to bring home the message that corruption is wrong.

Senior Counsel Tan said the defence’s case is that despite an ongoing relationship with Ms Sue, there was no conflict of interest.

If convicted, Ng can be jailed up to five years and fined a maximum of $100,000 for each count.

— CNA/jc/ck