Prosecution cross-examines Pang in Peter Lim's trial - 19Mar2013

SINGAPORE: The corruption trial of the ex-chief of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), Peter Lim, continued on Tuesday with the prosecution cross-examining its key witness, Madam Pang Chor Mui.

Lim, 52, is accused of tipping Mdm Pang off about SCDF's need for walk-through radiation portal monitors when she was a staff at Nimrod Engineering, after obtaining sexual favour from her.

The move to question 49-year-old Mdm Pang follows nine inconsistencies between her statements she gave to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) and her evidence in court on March 18.

One area of inconsistency was her reasons for performing oral sex on Lim.

On Monday, she said she did it because she liked Lim a lot. But in her CPIB statement, she said it was also because she didn't want to antagonise him.

She said it would not be good for their friendship and "her company's dealings with SCDF".

On Tuesday, as she took the stand for a second day, Mdm Pang also acknowledged that she was in a serious relationship with her boss, the managing director of Nimrod, Tamil Selvan, when she performed oral sex on Lim in May 2010.

This is different from what she testified on Monday when she said she and Mr Selvan shared an "intimate friendship" that was non-sexual.

But on Tuesday, when asked by the prosecution if she told the CPIB that Mr Selvan was her boyfriend for the past five years, Mdm Pang agreed. She also admitted that she did not go further with Lim due to her relationship with Mr Selvan.

Another area of inconsistency revolves around the tender for radiation portal monitors.

On the point that Lim alerted her about the need for the monitors, Mdm Pang testified on Tuesday that the move did not give Nimrod Engineering a head start when the SCDF called for a tender in April 2011.

She also said in court that Lim did not impress upon her the urgent need for the machines.

In her CPIB statement, she said it was the reason why Nimrod was "able to bid for the tender".

In another statement, she said Lim had urgently needed the machines and had asked her to source for them.

On Tuesday, she said it made no difference whether Lim alerted her about the need for the machines as other companies would have asked about them too.

This would mean that Nimrod would have to source for the machines inevitably.

Mdm Pang had previously testified that she did not talk to Lim about providing more information on the products Nimrod had.

In her CPIB statement, she told Lim she could get a staff to furnish him with the data if there is a need to.

An interesting point that came up when it was the defence's turn to cross-examine the witness was that the location listed in the charge against Lim differs from that given in Mdm Pang's evidence.

The defence had questioned Mdm Pang on the events leading to her performing oral sex on Lim.

She said she drove Lim home to his Tanjong Rhu apartment as he has had drinks before that but they wanted to continue chatting and so she drove from the condominium's main entrance to another spot.

When asked if it could have been a carpark, Mdm Pang said she doesn't know the place well but didn't recognise it to be so.

The defence then asked if she had driven to the Stadium area instead of along a road as she had testified on March 18.

Mdm Pang firmly said "no way".

She explained she is very familiar with the Stadium area and would have recognised it.

At this point, the defence pointed out to the district judge that the charge against Lim states "a carpark at Stadium Walk".

The court also heard that Mdm Pang had a "special liking" for Lim from the time they first met in 1996 as she found him responsible, nice and honest.

The divorcee said they were purely close friends and seldom discussed work matters.

She denied ever asking Lim for a favour and said Lim never showed Nimrod favour.

The incident between them happened out of mutual willingness.

Mdm Pang said Lim never asked for the sexual favour nor forced her to it.

This led the defence to ask if Lim had displayed his unhappiness as she mentioned previously that they stopped the oral sex after a short while.

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