Pritam Singh's lawyers argued that there was "strong public interest" for the case to be transferred to the High Court, saying a decision in the case will directly affect public servants and members of the public who are caught up in the proceedings.
Pritam Singh 's lawyers argued that there was"strong public interest" for the case to be transferred to the High Court , saying a decision in the case will directly affect public servants and members of the public who are caught up in the proceedings.
If not, every such application would involve some form of disparagement and leave the application"entirely redundant", said Mr Jumabhoy. Mr Jumabhoy said the trial judge, whoever he is, will have to grapple with important personalities in the Singapore context, and this is very different from the usual run-of-the-mill cases that come before the court."I think in fairness to ourselves, if we intended to make that point, we would have come out and said it," he said.
At this point, Singh and his lawyers should have applied for a judicial review of the prosecution's decision, but instead, they filed the criminal motion under Section 239 of the Criminal Procedure Code, said Mr Ang. "It applies to all public servants, from the most junior civil servant to permanent secretaries, to ministers to Supreme Court judges," said Mr Ang.
"The fact that Mr Iswaran is a politician, that the applicant is a politician, is completely irrelevant in our consideration as to which court the matter should be heard in," said Mr Ang. Mr Ang said there is a"world of difference" between what is in the public interest, and what the public may be interested in.
He said Singh has been changing his positions, from the time he set out the factual basis for his application, to his written arguments and the arguments his lawyer made orally in court.The two charges Singh faces allege that he wilfully gave a false answer on Dec 10, 2021, and Dec 15, 2021, in the public hearing room at Parliament House.
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