Disbarred lawyer Samuel Seow gets jail, fine for attacking niece and woman


Samuel Seow flew into a rage in his office in 2018, an incident which was caught on video and circulated on social media. - KELVIN CHNG, SCREENGRAB FROM YOUTUBE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Disbarred lawyer Samuel Seow Theng Beng who prodded the forehead of one of his subordinates twice with his finger and assaulted a female lawyer at his then law firm was on Friday (Oct 28) sentenced to four weeks’ jail and fined $1,500.

In July 2020, Seow pleaded guilty to one count each of assaulting lawyer Brenda Kong Shin Ying, then 26, who is also his niece, and using criminal force on artiste and events executive Rachel Kang Pei Shan, then 21.

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