Law Society calls for Samuel Seow to be struck off following his assault on staff - Yahoo News

SINGAPORE — The Law Society is seeking to strike off long-time advocate and solicitor Samuel Seow from the rolls following his assault on three female staff members under his employ in 2018.

The Law Society, represented by Dhillon Dinesh Singh, Alisa Toh and Loong Tse Chuan, argued that Seow had not only brought the law profession into disrepute, but displayed a lack of integrity in the way he painted his version of events to the media.

Arguing before a Court of Three judges on Monday (28 February), lead counsel Singh said that given the context of the offences was an employer-employee relationship, Seow had breached the trust his subordinates placed in him.

Seow is currently still practising. According to the Ministry of Law’s directory of solicitors, Seow is a consultant with Robert Wang & Woo LLP.

Seow pleaded guilty on 27 July 2020 to criminal charges involving force against Rachel Kang, an artiste and events executive at Beam Artistes, and Brenda Kong, his niece and a lawyer at Seow’s law firm. He also admitted to another two charges, involving one more female employee.

Seow has not yet been sentenced as his case was adjourned for a hearing on his psychiatric issues.

Recording, footage of assault went viral

Reports of Seow’s assault on the women first emerged in 2018, with a 30-minute audio recording of a quarrel between Seow and his niece going viral. A year later, two videos capturing the acts of violence were uploaded online.

On 17 April 2018, Seow poked Kang’s forehead forcefully with his finger and pushed at the files she was carrying. Later, he was captured raining slaps on Kong and hitting another female employee who tried to pull him away. He was finally restrained by a male employee.

Following his criminal case, the Law Society brought eight charges of misconduct unbefitting an advocate and solicitor against him at a disciplinary tribunal. Seow pleaded guilty to all eight charges and Monday’s hearing was to decide on his appropriate sentence.

source: https://news.yahoo.com/law-society-calls-samuel-seow-struck-off-assault-staff-095905436.html

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