Justice Bao taken a notch down

[Chloe Tay]

Pius Gilbert Louis, 53, was convicted and sentenced to six years' jail
in July 2002, for punching his wife's divorce lawyer Halijah Mohamad
on Feb 1 that year.

At an appeal hearing in November that year, Chief Justice Yong Pung
How increased his sentence to 10 years, under a rarely used proviso in
the Criminal Procedure Code that allows for a convicted man with a
criminal record to be jailed for up to 10 years.

The Public Prosecutor took the case before Singapore's highest court -
the Court of Appeal - for an answer to the question of whether the
district court and the High Court in hearing an appeal can impose a
sentence beyond the maximum limit prescribed. The Court of Appeal
reversed the Chief Justice's decision, ruling that it was wrong to
mete out a punishment that exceeded the maximum sentence prescribed by
law for the offence, which is seven years.

Yesterday, Judge of Appeal Chao Hick Tin said the court, which also
included Justice M.P.H. Rubin and Justice Tan Lee Meng, was not
'minded to disturb the sentence imposed by the district judge'.

[Robert Ho]

RH: Chief Justice Yong Pung How was chosen for talents other than
law. I think he spent more years in banking than in law before LKY
chose him to be CJ.

Post by Chloe Tay
Pius Gilbert Louis, 53, was convicted and sentenced to six years' jail
in July 2002, for punching his wife's divorce lawyer Halijah Mohamad
on Feb 1 that year.
At an appeal hearing in November that year, Chief Justice Yong Pung
How increased his sentence to 10 years, under a rarely used proviso in
the Criminal Procedure Code that allows for a convicted man with a
criminal record to be jailed for up to 10 years.
The Public Prosecutor took the case before Singapore's highest court -
the Court of Appeal - for an answer to the question of whether the
district court and the High Court in hearing an appeal can impose a
sentence beyond the maximum limit prescribed. The Court of Appeal
reversed the Chief Justice's decision, ruling that it was wrong to
mete out a punishment that exceeded the maximum sentence prescribed by
law for the offence, which is seven years.
Yesterday, Judge of Appeal Chao Hick Tin said the court, which also
included Justice M.P.H. Rubin and Justice Tan Lee Meng, was not
'minded to disturb the sentence imposed by the district judge'.

[ardeedee]

No he was intitially in law but somehow LAKY could not shake out CJ Obi Hong
Jin who refused to quit and only retired in his own time.
Young Ping How then came out from COB and was made CJ.

Post by Robert Ho
RH: Chief Justice Yong Pung How was chosen for talents other than
law. I think he spent more years in banking than in law before LKY
chose him to be CJ.

Post by Chloe Tay
Pius Gilbert Louis, 53, was convicted and sentenced to six years' jail
in July 2002, for punching his wife's divorce lawyer Halijah Mohamad
on Feb 1 that year.
At an appeal hearing in November that year, Chief Justice Yong Pung
How increased his sentence to 10 years, under a rarely used proviso in
the Criminal Procedure Code that allows for a convicted man with a
criminal record to be jailed for up to 10 years.
The Public Prosecutor took the case before Singapore's highest court -
the Court of Appeal - for an answer to the question of whether the
district court and the High Court in hearing an appeal can impose a
sentence beyond the maximum limit prescribed. The Court of Appeal
reversed the Chief Justice's decision, ruling that it was wrong to
mete out a punishment that exceeded the maximum sentence prescribed by
law for the offence, which is seven years.
Yesterday, Judge of Appeal Chao Hick Tin said the court, which also
included Justice M.P.H. Rubin and Justice Tan Lee Meng, was not
'minded to disturb the sentence imposed by the district judge'.