In 2018, an audio clip of Seow assaulting his niece in his office went viral online. A year later, a video of the assault, which was taken from the firm’s surveillance cameras, was uploaded to YouTube.
The Law Society of Singapore brought eight charges of misconduct against Seow and a disciplinary tribunal heard the matter in late 2019.One of the charges was for voluntarily causing hurt to Ms Brenda Kong Shin Ying, his niece and an associate at his law firm, by grabbing her arms, pushing her against a table, repeatedly slapping her, jabbing her forehead with his finger, pushing her until she fell and screaming at her.
Another charge was for pushing his law firm’s secretary and conveyancing executive Serene Tan Tzuu Yen until she fell to the floor as well as aggressively berating and screaming at her. Other charges included throwing objects such as a metal stapler in the direction of Ms Rachel Kang Pei Shan, an employee of Beam Artistes, and threatening to take a knife to kill her.to half of the charges while contesting the remaining ones. But in November 2019, he pleaded guilty to the remaining charges.
The disciplinary tribunal issued its report in March 2020 and found that there was sufficient seriousness for disciplinary action to be taken.Seow’s case was heard on Feb 28 this year by the Court of Three Judges, comprising Chief Justice Menon, Justice Andrew Phang and Justice Steven Chong. They had earlier reserved judgement.that were brought against him. His criminal cases are still pending before the courts.
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