Lawrence Ang

Lawrence Ang Boon Kong (zh-sp|s=洪文光|p=Hóng Wénguāng) is a Singaporean lawyer who was Director of the Commercial Affairs Department from 1991 to 1999. He replaced Glenn Knight after the latter came under investigation by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau.cite news | title = Lawrence Ang is now acting head of CAD. | author = Conrad Raj | date = 23 March 1991 | publisher = Business Times Singapore | page = 1] He stepped down in October 1999 when the CAD was merged with the Commercial Crimes Division of the Singapore Police Force. [cite news | title = NEWSFRONT - MRT trains to have happy images. | date = 19 October 1999 | publisher = The Straits Times]

Before becoming CAD Director, Ang had assisted the Commission of Inquiry into the death of National Development Minister Teh Cheang Wan, who committed suicide in the midst of corruption investigations. He also was the Deputy Public Prosecutor in the trial of Francis Seow. In Seow's trial, lawyer V. K. Dube complained that Ang had misconducted himself by making remarks which were "were unwarranted, baseless and untrue." The Law Society fined Ang S$1,000 but he appealed to the High Court, which waived the fine after deciding that the Law Society had no jurisdiction to discipline Ang because he did not have a practising certificate, even though he was an advocate and solicitor. [cite news | title = High Court quashes Law Society fine on DPP Ang for 'misconduct' | author = Ben Davidson | date = 27 March 1990 | publisher = The Straits Times]

During his time as CAD Director, Ang headed the prosecution for cases such as that of former Member of Parliament Choo Wee Khiang [cite news | title = MP Choo Wee Khiang charged with helping man to cheat. | author = Ven Sreenivasan. | date = 2 December 1998 | publisher = Business Times Singapore] and Barings Bank trader Nick Leeson. [cite news | title = Leeson formally charged in Singapore. | date = 24 November 1995 | publisher = Reuters News] [cite news | title = FINANCE --- Next Case: Leeson conviction may not be Barings' last | author = Murray Hiebert | date = 14 December 1995 | publisher = Far Eastern Economic Review | page = 70] [cite news | title = Barings trader pleads guilty : Leeson awaits sentencing for stock fraud | date = 10 December 1995 | publisher = Kitchener-Waterloo Record | page = A4]

After stepping down, Ang continued to be Deputy Public Prosecutor in several cases. In 2001, he presented the prosecution's case against three men—Wan Kamil Mohamed Shafian, 34; Ibrahim Mohamed, 35; and Rosli Ahmat, 30—who had stabbed taxi driver Koh Ngiap Yong to death with a bayonet and stole the taxi, intending to use it as a getaway vehicle when robbing goldsmith shops. [cite news | title = Three on trial for cabby's brutal killing. | author = Alethea Lim. | date = 26 June 2001 | publisher = The Straits Times] In the 2005 trial of Took Leng How over the murder of Huang Na, he opened the case by outlining the prosecution's argument that Huang Na had been sexually assaulted. [cite news | title = Huang Na sexually assaulted, says DPP | author = Chong Chee Kin, Tanya Fong | date = 12 July 2005 | publisher = The Straits Times] He subjected the defence's psychiatrist, R. Nagulendran, to a vigorous cross-examination over the latter's diagnosis that Took was schizophrenic. [cite news | title = Took all smiles as trial ends | author = Chong Chee Kin | date = 29 July 2005 | publisher = The Straits Times] [cite news | title = Courtroom showdown sparks applause | date = 27 July 2005 | publisher = The New Paper] [cite news | title = DPP locks horns with defence psychiatrist | author = Chong Chee Kin | date = 27 July 2005 | publisher = The Straits Times]

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