The defence has to file its submissions by Oct 30, so the prosecution can submit its response by Nov 1.
SINGAPORE – The prosecution on Oct 24 wrapped up its case in the trial of Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh, with
Singh, who is Leader of the Opposition, is fighting two charges over allegedly lying to a parliamentary committee that he had, on Aug 8 and Oct 3, 2021, wanted Ms Khan to clarify her untruth in Parliament.The defence will have to make its submissions by noon on Oct 30, to give the prosecution time to respond by Nov 1.
Judge Tan said on Oct 24 that he would leave the prosecution and defence to decide if they want to address the issue of whether Singh’s second charge can or should be amended. In recounting her Aug 8, 2021, meeting with the three WP leaders, Ms Khan said Singh first told her he should take her to the COP, but changed his mind and said “this is something we would all have to take to the grave”.
Ms Loh, who left WP at the end of 2022, took the stand for two days. One question put to her was if she had asked Singh on Aug 10, 2021, whether the untruth would come up. Singh got “quite upset” by this remark, saying he had met Ms Khan on the night of Oct 3, 2021, Ms Loh recalled. But she cut him off before he completed his sentence, as she had many points to go through, she said.
Mr Low, whose testimony on Oct 23, 2024, took less than 45 minutes, said he learnt of Ms Khan’s lie on Oct 11, 2021, when Singh and Ms Lim told him about it. He had told them that Ms Khan ought to apologise in Parliament, he said. Singh’s lawyer Andre Jumabhoy painted Ms Khan as a habitual liar in his cross-examination, before mounting a bid to impeach her credit as a witness.
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