Student lost virginity to law prof - court told

SINGAPORE- The trial of law professor Tey Tsun Hang, 41, today revealed details on the probe into an alleged sex for grades case between him and female student Darinne Ko Wen Hui.

On Thursday, the court heard that the two met in January 2010 when Ms Ko was a student in Tey's Equity and Trust class. She was also assisting him in carrying out research for his book.

Shin Min Daily News reported that Ms Ko, now 23, had lost her virginity to Tey when she first had sex with him in his office at the National University of Singapore (NUS) in July, 2010.

They had sex again in the same office four days later.

Before the trysts and sometime in May 2010, Tey had told Ms Ko confidential information about her results and class ranking over lunch, something which she said she would not be aware of or could have found out on her own.

Ms Ko then started giving Tey gifts. She testified in court that she had given him a $740 Montblanc pen as a belated birthday gift because she "liked" Tey "as a friend".

The trial is expected to last until Jan 22 and 14 witnesses, including Ms Ko, will be taking the stand.

Tey is married and has a 10-year-old daughter. His wife was not with him at the court hearing and he was accompanied by a male friend, reported Shin Min Daily News.

-AsiaOne