stood down on Oct 22 as the court heard that his lawyer, Mr Andre Jumabhoy, was sick. After over an

2022.... ” asked Mr Jumabhoy, drawing chuckles in the courtroom.Mr Nathan said “ yes ”.... The defence

Did the dialect phrase mean that Ms Khan was weak and would crumble with criticism, he asked.Ms Loh agreed that Ms Khan was sometimes self-centred, but said she would not use the word “ weak ” to refer to her.... As for “ lao hong ”, she said she used the term because she felt Ms Khan was quite susceptible to criticism. Asked what she understood by “ lao hong ” if it is not weak, she replied: “ Would you call a lao hong biscuit a weak biscuit?... “ You are saying Ms Khan is stale, ” he added.M

Singh was thus asked to present his defence, either by taking the stand or choosing to remain silent.... “ And for very good reason: Ms Khan and the truth make strange bedfellows.... He then said, “ this would probably be something that we would have to take to the grave ”....

SINGAPORE-Will Workers’ Party( WP) chief Pritam Singh take the stand?... Will the defence’s bid to impeach the credibility of key witness Raeesah Khan go through?... Singh’s father, Mr Amarjit Singh, a former district judge, is assisting his legal team. Deputy Attorney-General Ang Cheng Hock, a former High Court judge, is leading the prosecution’s team....

” Singh said the truth was what he said in court.He said that from his COP replies, it was quite clear that if the matter had come up in Parliament on Oct 4, he would have expected her to clarify the matter.... ” Singh said yes. Singh also disagreed that his answers to the COP and in court were inconsistent.He said Second Minister for Law Edwin Tong had asked during the COP: “ Even if it( Ms Khan’s lie) doesn’t come up tomorrow, you would still do the same thing?... ” Singh said the discussion

SINGAPORE – Workers’ Party( WP) chief and Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh faces two charges over allegedly lying to a parliamentary committee in 2021. Both charges come under the Parliament( Privileges, Immunities and Powers) Act, which makes it an offence to lie in response to questions posed by Parliament or its committee. Former WP MP Raeesah Khan had admitted on Nov 1, 2021, that she had misled Parliament on Aug 3 and Oct 4, 2021, when she claimed she had accompanied a sexual assault v

To this, Mr Ang said Singh was a lawyer who was “ quite capable of using words which are very clear ”.... She hadn’t brought it up to me as well.” This prompted Mr Ang to ask: “ Mr Singh, are you changing your evidence now?... ” Singh asked if the prosecutor could repeat his question for clarity “ to make sure you don’t feel like I’m changing my evidence ”....