FORMER Singaporean lawyer Gopalan Nair was found guilty on Friday of abusing police officers and disorderly behaviour.

The 58-year-old former Workers' Party candidate was convicted on 2 charges, after an 18-day trial, of using expletives on police officers at the junction of Bukit Timah Road and Race Course Road on July 4 2008.

He was found guilty of behaving in a disorderly manner by gesticulating with his hands and shouting at the place that evening.

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