Judgments from the court will provide some benchmarks as to the severity of offences and their corresponding sentences. For instance, in a recent Appeal case involving a private banker convicted of corruption involving bribes of $150,000 (Wong Teck Long vs PP), when the accused appealed against his conviction and sentence, the prosecution cross appealed on the sentence, the High Court not only dismissed the accused’s appeal but enhanced his original sentence from four months’ to 15 months’ imprisonment. In passing this judgment, the CJ said: “To safeguard the overall public confidence in the integrity of our banking and financial industry as well as Singapore’s reputation as a regional and financial hub, punishment for deplorable and corrupt acts, such as that of the appellant, must be swift and harsh so that a strong message will be sent out to the offender at hand and would-be offenders that Singapore does not, and will not, without exception, condone corruption.”
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 12:37:27 +0000
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