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Malay Mail
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Malay Mail
Singapore opposition leader Pritam Singh to appeal conviction, sentence for lying to Parliament on November 4
SINGAPORE, July 9 — The appeal hearing for Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh, who was convicted in February of two counts of lying under oath to a parliamentary committee, will take place on November 4 at 10am. The Straits Times reported that lawyer Andre Jumabhoy confirmed the date in response to media queries. After Singh was fined a total of S$14,000 (RM46,471) on February 17 following his trial, he said he would appeal against his conviction and sentence. Deputy Principal District Judge Luke Tan ruled that Singh 'wilfully lied' to the Committee of Privileges about how he dealt with the falsehood told by former Workers' Party MP Raeesah Khan in Parliament on August 3, 2021. Khan had lied about accompanying a sexual assault victim to a police station and repeated the false claim in Parliament on October 4, 2021. Singh received the maximum fine of S$7,000 for each of the two charges. The 13-day trial began on October 14, 2024, with Singh, Khan, former Workers' Party cadres Loh Pei Ying and Yudhishthra Nathan, and former party chief Low Thia Khiang taking the stand. The defence sought to portray Khan as a habitual liar while the prosecution, led by then Deputy Attorney-General Ang Cheng Hock, argued that Singh tried to cover up his involvement in Khan's lie to Parliament. Judge Tan said the court needed to 'send a message on the importance of giving truthful information under affirmation or oath.' Singh retained his Aljunied GRC seat in the recent general election, where the Workers' Party team won 59.68 per cent of the votes against the People's Action Party's 40.32 per cent. Following the election, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said Singh would remain Leader of the Opposition with staff and resources to support his duties.
CNA
09-07-2025
- Politics
- CNA
Pritam Singh's appeals against conviction and sentence for lying to parliamentary committee set for Nov 4 hearing
SINGAPORE: Pritam Singh's appeals against his conviction and sentence for lying to parliament have been set for a Nov 4 hearing this year. The Leader of the Opposition who heads the Workers' Party was fined S$14,000 (US$10,930) in February for lying to a parliamentary committee about getting former party member Raeesah Khan to come clean about a story she had told parliament. This was the maximum of S$7,000 a charge for the two charges against him. Singh said at the time that he would appeal against both his conviction and the sentence. He was represented by lawyer Andre Jumabhoy and his team. Mr Jumabhoy's eponymous law firm confirmed the date with CNA on Wednesday. A spokesperson declined to mention if the team was seeking an acquittal or to specify the amount of the fine they would ask for in his case. Singh was convicted after a trial that spanned about four months. The judge had found that Singh "wilfully" lied and never wanted Ms Khan, then a member of parliament, to clarify the truth about her false anecdote about accompanying a sexual assault victim to a police station. Singh was accused of giving false testimony to a Committee of Privileges on Dec 10 and Dec 15, 2021. The judge accepted Ms Khan's account of what happened on Aug 8, 2021, when she met Singh and senior party leaders Sylvia Lim and Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap. The prosecution had sought the maximum fine of S$7,000, while Mr Jumabhoy asked for S$4,000 for each charge.
