SINGAPORE, July 19 — Former transport minister S Iswaran’s bid to get access to written statements by witnesses who are set to testify in his corruption trial has been denied...
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In delivering his judgement, Justice Hoong said that Section 214 of the Criminal Procedure Code, relating to what the contents of the prosecution’s case must contain, does not oblige the prosecution to file and serve statements of every witness it intends to call at trial. If the witness declined to sign off on the document, Singh had asked that the prosecution provide the drafts of these statements.
Included in the prosecution’s case are also Iswaran’s 66 statements, totalling 1,156 pages, that contain emails, messages, Formula One complimentary request forms and other relevant documents that “clearly informs” the defence what the prosecution intends to rely on for evidence at trial. The former transport minister has pleaded not guilty to all charges and has stated his intent to contest them.
By not providing these written statements, he said that the prosecution would be able to “avoid an adverse inference and my ability to object to their evidence”.
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