Singaporean doc to be jailed 2 years after losing appeal
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Ler Teck Siang arriving at the High Court yesterday. The judge rejected his explanations, saying they were “creative but baseless and, in part, illogical”.ST PHOTO: KHALID BABA
The Singaporean doctor whose American partner is at the centre of the HIV Registry leak lost his appeal yesterday against his conviction and two-year jail sentence for helping his partner dupe the authorities into issuing him a pass to work in Singapore.
Arguing his own case, Ler Teck Siang, 37, sought to disavow two statements he gave to the police in which he confessed to submitting his own blood in place of that of HIV-positive Mikhy Farrera-Brochez to pass medical tests. Read More
