SINGAPORE — Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh on Monday (Aug 26) applied to the High Court to have his case heard there instead of the State Courts where it is due to be held in October.
SINGAPORE — Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh on Monday applied to the High Court to have his case heard there instead of the State Courts where it is due to be held in October.Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh arriving at the Supreme Court on Aug 26, 2024.Leader of the Opposition chief Pritam Singh on Monday asked for his case to be transferred to the High Court
The lawyers pointed to the recent transfer to the High Court of a corruption case against ex-transport minister S Iswaran to support their argument for Singh's case to be also moved across.After a hearing that ran for about two hours and 20 minutes, High Court Judge Hoo Sheau Peng reserved her judgement until Sept 9.On Feb 8 this year, the prosecution in Iswaran’s case applied for the case to be transferred to the High Court due to the strong public interest in the matter.
Mr Ang also said that he found the implication that Singh should be “less likely” to get justice at the State Courts to be troubling.of giving false answers to the COP on Dec 10, 2021, and Dec 15, 2021, and pleaded not guilty to them on March 19. “It is not an attempt to insult the capabilities of the State Courts,” he said. Rather, there is no case that bears a similar history and this case is “unique” and has a “singular set of issues”.
He continued saying that the transfer of Iswaran’s case to the High Court was the potential impact of those charges and it “in fact impacts all public servants”. When it came to public interest, Mr Ang said that defence’s definition of public interest is “flawed” and that he conflated “public interest” with “media interest”.
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