SINGAPORE: The defence in Pritam Singh's ongoing trial clashed with a deputy attorney-general on Monday (Oct 21) over making available a set of unredacted messages from a former Workers' Party (WP) cadre memberepoch game, along with the reasons he gave to the Committee of Privileges (COP) for redacting those messages.
Mr Andre Jumabhoy, lead counsel for WP chief Singh, asked for the documents saying it went towards showing the credibility of the witness in question - former WP member Yudhishthra Nathan.
Deputy Attorney-General Ang Cheng Hock, however, argued that the test for the judge to order such disclosure of documents is for there to be a basis that the messages will go towards showing the guilt or innocence of the accused person.
This exchange lasted about half an hour from around 4pm on Monday, during the continuation of Mr Jumabhoy's cross-examination of Mr Nathan.
Deputy Principal District Judge Luke Tan then asked the prosecution to provide those documents to him so he could read through them before making a decision on Tuesday morning.
Mr Nathan was one of two then-WP cadre members who were in close contact with Ms Raeesah Khan. Ms Khan, a former WP MP for Sengkang GRC, had lied in parliament on Aug 3, 2021 about having accompanied a rape victim to a police station.
The aftermath of her lie and how WP leadersepoch game, in particular Singh, dealt with it led to Singh being implicated as he is accused of lying to the COP about what he wanted Ms Khan to do in a certain period in 2021 - to tell the truth or maintain her lie.
