--decisions must be well documented, and the specialists must be able to defend his/her opinions. All these specific rules underline the fact that professional judgment must be exercised in those situations when the law and regulations don't give a solution.
So we waited our 90 days for any appeals, sentencing was scheduled for January and it got postponed because the parole office was back logged, rescheduled for February, got postponed again because the DA had to have a medical procedure done.
Fay's appeal against the sentence of jail and caning was heard in the high court on 31 March. It was dismissed by the chief justice and he began serving his four-month jail term that day. On 20 April, he petitioned to then Singapore president Ong Teng Cheong to be spared the caning.