Justice Vincent Hoong is no stranger to high-profile cases and has presided over appeals where he increased the sentences of offenders.
The 12-month jail term that Justice Hoong passed was five months more than what the prosecution sought, and significantly more than the defence's proposed term of eight weeks.
He held various judicial appointments in the Supreme and then-Subordinate Courts before being posted in 1997 to the Singapore Land Registry, a department of the Ministry of Law. He was then seconded to the Singapore Land Authority four years later. Justice Hoong is concurrently the Presiding Judge of the State Courts and Deputy President of the Industrial Arbitration Court, with a focus on building and construction and criminal cases, among others.HIGH PROFILE CASES HE HAS HANDLED
In the case of a man who fractured the skulls of his baby daughter and toddler son, Justice Hoong was part of a three-judge court that, saying the sentence was"lenient". The judges said that the accused should have received about five years more jail instead.
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