District Judge Soh Tze Bian found that the prosecution had failed to prove its case against the two men beyond a reasonable doubt.
New: You can now listen to articles.SINGAPORE: Two men implicated in a corruption case involving a former Land Transport Authority director were acquitted of their charges on Friday , after the trial judge found that the statements taken by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau had been unreliable and inaccurate.Mr Pay, 56, was the director of Tiong Seng Contractors, while Mr Pek, 59, was the company's managing director.
One of these issues involved the conduct of CPIB officers who had recorded the two men's statements. The judge ultimately found these statements to be inaccurate, unreliable and unsafe to rely on. "As submitted by Pay's counsel, the procedural safeguards were meaningless in the face of IO Chris Lim's conduct based on his own evidence which unfortunately demonstrated him to be happy to stretch the truth and the prosecution has offered no explanations for his conduct."
"Pek's first statement appears to be more a product of IO Jeffrey's authorship than an accurate account of what Pek actually communicated. This is because IO Jeffrey took several liberties in constructing the statement," said Judge Soh. Foo was called as a prosecution witness, and the Judge determined that the prosecution was bound by the evidence of its own witness.
The judge also noted that the prosecution had failed to impeach Foo or challenge his credibility, leading the judge to place even greater weight on his evidence.
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