Public Prosecutor v Chew Suang Heng

JurisdictionSingapore
Judgment Date26 January 2001
Date26 January 2001
Docket NumberMagistrate's Appeal No 276 of 2000
CourtHigh Court (Singapore)

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23 cases
  • PP v Ang Seng Thor
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 26 May 2011
    ...(refd) Lim Teck Chye v PP [2004] 2 SLR (R) 525; [2004] 2 SLR 525 (refd) PP v Chang Kar Yang [2006] SGDC 85 (refd) PP v Chew Suang Heng [2001] 1 SLR (R) 127; [2001] 1 SLR 692 (refd) PP v Fong Kit Sum [2008] SGDC 58 (refd) PP v Loqmanul Hakim bin Buang [2007] 4 SLR (R) 753; [2007] 4 SLR 753 (......
  • Lim Teck Chye v Public Prosecutor
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 14 April 2004
    ...strands together, but for the sake of clarity I shall deal with them in turn. 64 The appellant cited the case of PP v Chew Suang Heng [2001] 1 SLR 692 at [9], where I There is no doubt that attempting to bribe a law enforcement officer and interfering in the proper course of police investig......
  • Goh Ngak Eng v PP
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 12 October 2022
    ...2 SLR 449 (refd) PP v Ang Seng Thor [2011] 4 SLR 217 (folld) PP v Azlin bte Arujunah [2022] SGCA 52 (folld) PP v Chew Suang Heng [2001] 1 SLR(R) 127; [2201] 1 SLR 692 (refd) PP v Geow Chwee Hiam [2016] SGDC 139 (refd) PP v Huang Hong Si [2003] 3 SLR(R) 57; [2003] 3 SLR 57 (refd) PP v Lam Ki......
  • Public Prosecutor v AOM
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 7 February 2011
    ...Hoon Choo [2000] 1 SLR(R) 221 at [14]; Public Prosecutor v Ong Ker Seng [2001] SGHC 226 at [29]; Public Prosecutor v Chew Suang Heng [2001] 1 SLR(R) 127 at [18]), and it cannot be said that the absence of an aggravating factor is something which the defendant should be given credit for. In ......
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3 books & journal articles
  • Criminal Procedure, Evidence and Sentencing
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2004, December 2004
    • 1 December 2004
    ...corruption offences that take place in the private sector generally do not attract custodial sentences. He relied on PP v Chew Suang Heng[2001] 1 SLR 692 at [9]: Generally, corruption offences involving law enforcement officers or other public servants attract harsher penalties and custodia......
  • Criminal Procedure, Evidence and Sentencing
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2003, December 2003
    • 1 December 2003
    ...imply that he was more prone to commit robbery. The High Court subsequently also came to a similar conclusion in PP v Chew Suang Heng[2001] 1 SLR 692 at [19]. 11.115 This approach was confirmed in PP v Norhisham bin Mohamad Dahlan[2003] 4 SLR 81. The accused, with his fellow secret society ......
  • Criminal Procedure, Evidence and Sentencing
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 December 2008
    ...particular offence. Corruption offences involving public servants 12.80 The former Chief Justice Yong Pung How in PP v Chew Suang Heng[2001] 1 SLR 692 had set a custodial sentence to be the benchmark sentence for corruption offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act (Cap 241, 1993 Rev ......