On her second day on the witness stand, defence lawyer Andre Jumabhoy sought to cast Raeesah Khan as a liar and impeach her as a witness.
New: You can now listen to articles.SINGAPORE: Ms Raeesah Khan , the former Workers' Party Member of Parliament , testified for a second day in the trial of WP secretary-general Pritam Singh on Tuesday .
During her first meeting with the panel on Nov 8, 2021, Ms Khan said that instead of questioning her about the lie, the three party leaders criticised her performance as an MP, and she was not prepared for this. The party leaders used the panel"to almost pretend that they had not been guiding me" on the matter of her lie in parliament, she added.After the second session with the disciplinary panel was when Ms Khan felt that the party would"definitely" ask her to resign.When asked why she decided to resign, Ms Khan told the court that she had reflected on the fact that she had lost the support of the party leadership, and did not have the Sengkang team's support.
For example, when Singh asked her for more details that day, Ms Khan claimed the event took place"three years ago, in the early part of the year" and that she met the survivor"at the bus stop near the Bedok police station". This drew two interventions from Deputy Principal District Judge Luke Tan, who pointed out that the evidence Mr Jumabhoy referred to did not suggest that the advice came from Ms Loh.
Ms Khan said she might not have mentioned this in her testimony to the COP, but could have included it in her statement to police.Towards the end of Tuesday's proceedings, Mr Jumabhoy sought to impeach Ms Khan's credit as a witness, and she was asked to step out of the court during these arguments.
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