Former WP cadre Yudhishthra Nathan admitted that a message he redacted puts him in 'bad light'.
SINGAPORE – The trial hearing of Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh was adjourned on Oct 21 following a testy exchange between the prosecution and defence over whether redacted messages of former WP cadre Yudhishthra Nathan were relevant to the proceedings and should be tendered in court.
Deputy Attorney-General Ang Cheng Hock objected, arguing that the COP’s findings and the redacted messages are not relevant to the criminal trial at hand, and that Mr Jumabhoy is seeking to show that the witnesses had hid evidence and “manipulated” the COP into making certain findings. Singh is fighting two charges over his alleged lies to the committee convened to investigate Ms Khan’s untruth in Parliament.
The messages at the centre of the defence’s application were sent after Oct 4, 2021. During the exchange between the defence and the prosecution, Judge Tan acknowledged that they might relate to the testimonies of Mr Nathan and Ms LohThe court earlier heard that this Oct 12 meeting was when Singh told Ms Loh and Mr Nathan that he had met Ms Khan on Oct 3, 2021, and told her that he would not judge her.
Singh’s case will be heard again at 11am on Oct 22, with the judge due to make a decision on the defence’s application and former WP secretary-general Low Thia Khiang lined up as the next witness to testify. Mr Jumabhoy said he would likely complete his cross-examination of Mr Nathan within an hour.Just before Mr Nathan had to leave the courtroom for the application to be made, he was cross-examined on his message to Ms Khan on Oct 12, 2021.
The lawyer also said: “Clearly, you took it out because you thought it was highly relevant. And clearly you took it out because it makes you look bad.”He also disagreed that his motive for not disclosing the information was because he had wanted to mislead the COP.
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