The Singaporean lover of American fraudster Mikhy Farrera-Brochez had his appeal against a conviction and two-year prison term dismissed at the High Court on Monday .
Judge Chua allowed Ler to begin his sentence in nine days’ time. It was to start on 20 March, but his mother Ong Yap Keng, who was Ler’s bailor, requested that the sentence begin later as her older son’s birthday falls on that date.Background to the caseLast November, Ler was sentenced to two years’ jail after he was found guilty on two cheating charges and two counts of giving false information to a public servant after a trial.
Separately, Ler faces charges under the Official Secrets Act for failing to take reasonable care of confidential information, as well as drug-related charges. He had access to the HIV Registry in his role as the NPHU head. It was after Brochez tested positive that Ler provided his blood sample for the former, in order to get an employment permit from the Ministry of Manpower, as HIV-positive individuals are not allowed to work in Singapore. Ler denied having done so and claimed that Brochez must have gotten someone else to take the test for him.
Kwek noted that no police officer had told Ler they wanted a confession as a bargaining chip. “The idea that the police wanted Dr Ler to give them a ‘bargaining chip’ but did not even communicate this to him beggars belief.” Thirdly, Kwek cited Brochez’s own admissions. The prosecutor noted that while Brochez has lied in many areas, he has been “consistent in admitting his guilt for the cheating and false information charges”.
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