Former transport minister S. Iswaran, who faces 35 charges, on July 5 tried to compel the prosecution to provide conditioned statements for all 56 prosecution witnesses. A conditioned statement is a mode of giving evidence by written statement, rather than by oral testimony.
Former transport minister S. Iswaran arriving at the Supreme Court with his lawyer on July 5.Former transport minister S. Iswaran, who faces 35 charges, on July 5 tried to compel the prosecution to provide conditioned statements for all 56 prosecution witnesses.
Of the charges relating to Mr Ong, 24 are under Section 165 of the Penal Code, while two are for corruption and one is for obstructing the course of justice. But the defence filed a criminal revision on the decision. This was heard during proceedings on July 5. In their written submissions, the prosecution team led by Deputy Attorney-General Tai Wei Shyong said they had already made clear their intention to rely on oral testimony during the trial and to not provide evidence via conditioned statements.
He said the prosecution has provided the defence with only the charges, a list of exhibits – not the exhibits themselves – a list of witnesses, and statements recorded from Iswaran.Mr Singh said it was fundamental to transparency and fairness that there may be pre-trial disclosure, and that facts and evidence are shared, as opposed to the defence being taken by surprise during the trial.
When proceedings continued at 3pm, Mr Tai told the court that Mr Singh had made many strong statements about disclosure, transparency and a level playing field.
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