Legal Battle With NUS

29 August 2017 (Posted on 30 August 2017) Dear friends, Thank you for coming to the trial today. It has been a tiring, stressful and felt-like-it-lasted-for-ages one month journey since my 1st day of trial on 1 August 2017. One more day of hearing will be required due to the number of NUS witnesses. Today, my lawyer cross-examined the former Head of Department Prof Heng Chye Kiang and the former Dean Prof Cheong Hin Fatt. Prof Jeffrey Pinsler and Dr Wong Yunn Chii will take to the witness stand when the Court reconvenes the next time. In other words, there will be another day of hearing in the near future. Lawyers on both sides will work to identify a suitable date. Dr Wong, my former supervisor, is out of town, so we will have to wait till he returns to Singapore. I would like to hear what Dr Wong has to say for my 12 years of misery. Prof Heng Chye Kiang Prof Heng was Head of Department of Architecture when I submitted my thesis to NUS in 2005. NUS disclosed numerous em

23 August 2017 (Posted on 25 August 2017) Today, (former) University Registrar A/P Ang Siau Gek gave evidence at the witness stand. It is now clear that two extra days of hearing will need to be "set down" for the remaining 4 NUS witnesses to testify. The next hearing date has been fixed on 29 August 2017 at 9.30 am. I will be making an online appeal for funds to pay the "set down" fees for two extra days  of hearing as well as other costs such as the transcription fees and filing fees.  My funding appeal is in this post: Urgent Appeal Thank you to those who came for the hearing from 21-23 August 2017. I met Shaun, who had taken leave from work to personally see and hear the merits of my case.  (Shaun sent me an encouraging email on 24 August, which indicates that the tide is turning. I hope so! During the past 12 years, not many people believed me when I told them what NUS did to me and that I did not fail my MA.) University Registrar Assoc Prof A

24 August 2017 Dear Friends, My lawsuit was heard over 6 full days since 1 Aug 2017. Yesterday, 23 Aug, was the 6th day of hearing. It is now clear that two extra hearing days are needed to complete the cross-examination/re-examination of the remaining 4 NUS witnesses. The court has made 29 Aug 2017 available for hearing of the 1st of the two extra hearing days. The date of the 8th hearing day has not been fixed yet. I need to pay $6,000 to "set down" the two extra hearing days. Separately, I have received the invoice for the first 4 days of transcription of the trial. The cost is $1,742.42. The transcript is a verbatim record of the hearing. I estimate that the remaining 4 days of the transcription will be slightly more because there were two half day hearings which work out to be longer than one full day of hearing. The transcript of the hearing will be very critical if my lawsuit goes to the Court of Appeal. I am also asking your help for the shortfall in the previo

22 August 2017 The hearing today was a half-day hearing.  The trial tomorrow, 23 August 2017, will be a full-day hearing. Earlier in the morning, NUS' (former) Vice-Provost Lily Kong was re-examined by the NUS lawyer for a short while and released from the witness stand.  The 2nd NUS witness is Assoc Prof Ang Siau Gek. She was University Registrar and Head of the Registrar's Office from 2004 to 2016. Her cross-examiantion will continue tomorrow. I believe that Dr Wong Yunn Chii (now Associate Professor) would be called to the witness stand tomorrow.  Today's hearing One of the issues that A/P Ang Siau Gek was cross-examined on was an NUS internal email, which is exhibited below. The email is a discussion related to my complaint against my MA thesis supervisor.     Background: (1) The Registrar's Office (RO) processed my admission to NUS in 2002, processed the examination of my MA Thesis in 2005-06, processed the termination of my MA candidature in

21 August 2017 Thank you to those who came today for the half-day hearing. Please note that tomorrow's hearing (22 Aug) will also be a half day hearing beginning at 10 am. NUS' (former) Vice-Provost Lily Kong was at the witness stand today and will continue to testify tomorrow. I believe that the 2nd NUS witness, Assoc Prof Ang Siau Gek will be called tomorrow. A/P Ang was NUS University Registrar and Head of the Registrar's Office from 2004 to 2016.  Prof Lily Kong's Evidence Prof Kong gave evidence on many issues. I will just show one document and let the document speak for itself. (I have reproduced the chain of emails and pasted the chain directly as text in this post.) Background: Before NUS convened the COI hearing in July 2005 to look into my complaint against Dr Wong Yunn Chii , I asked Prof Kong for the issues that Prof Kong had commissioned the COI to look into, also known as the Terms of Reference. Prof Kong refused to provide the Terms of Referenc