On Day 3 of the trial, defence lawyer Andre Jumabhoy continued grilling Ms Raeesah Khan on the stand, throwing out applications to impeach her credibility as a witness and prompting heated responses from her at some points.
Pritam Singh , Raeesah Khan and Mr Singh's lawyer Andre Jumabhoy at the State Court s on Oct 15, 2024. SINGAPORE: The trial of Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh entered its third day on Wednesday , with key witness Raeesah Khan continuing
In contrast, the defence team said Singh had never told her to continue the false narrative nor told her to lie. "So you get to the disciplinary panel on the 29th. They convene another hearing for you. You go in knowing, Mr Singh has already said this is your mistake, and you don't say anything in that disciplinary panel session to say that - it's you guys who told me what to do," said the lawyer.
Mr Jumabhoy then pointed to a message Ms Khan sent to a group chat with two other WP cadres, where she"knew what was doing". "I know I've taken full responsibility what happened but it was a very scary prospect for me to sit there and say - look you told me what to do. What would the response have been?"Earlier on Wednesday, Mr Jumabhoy had questioned Ms Khan about how she had been in parliament for over 13 months by October 2021, and how she was 27 and"not a teenager".He added that Ms Khan had not needed a directive to lie to her friends.
A day before the next sitting on Oct 4, 2021, Singh visited Ms Khan's home with his wife. Here, Ms Khan claimed that Singh said"something along the lines of - I don't think the issue will come up but if it does come up he's not going to judge me for continuing with the narrative". Ms Khan agreed. She drafted a statement in her phone that read:"I am disappointed then that the route the government has taken is, instead of deliberating my suggestions, they have instead pushed me to break all forms of confidentiality and consent. If the Minister understood the pain that survivors go through, how much anguish we experience, both physically and mentally, he'd be focused on helping survivors instead of grilling them.
Mr Jumabhoy then suggested to her that Singh never told her to lie in the first place, or to make up more lies."He told me to continue the narrative, that I'd been lying," answered Ms Khan.Mr Jumabhoy also questioned Ms Khan on whether she had met her WP friends, Ms Loh and Mr Nathan, the night before they were to give evidence before the Committee of Privileges, to align their evidence.
Ms Khan was asked to step out of the court room as the defence submitted its applications, which was made with the ultimate aim of proving that Ms Khan was an unreliable witness.
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