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Day 13 of Pritam Singh’s trial: Prosecution, defence wrap up their cases

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Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh faces two charges of lying to a parliamentary committee over former MP Raeesah Khan’s case.

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Vanessa Paige Chelvan, Kolette Lim, Carmen Sin, Christine Tan, Gabrielle Chan

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Published: Oct 14, 2024

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Here is a recap of the key points from today.\",\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"The Straits Times\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"carmensin\"}},{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"headline\":\"Pritam thanks family and Aljunied GRC residents, says there\\u2019s still work to be done\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-08T16:21:42+08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-08T17:10:11+08:00\",\"articleBody\":\"Outside the State Courts, Pritam Singh tells the media that \\u201cthere\\u2019s still work to be done\\u201d.With the ongoing trial, the Aljunied GRC MP has not been on the ground in his Eunos ward, he says. He will resume house visits and return to Parliament on Nov 11.When asked about his residents, he says: \\u201cMany of them have been very supportive and they said, \\u2018Mr Singh, I\\u2019m praying for you.\\u2019 \\u201cIt\\u2019s very kind of them and I thank them for their support.\\u201dSingh also thanks his family members, who he says \\u201chave been a rock\\u201d. \",\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"The Straits Times\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"kolettelim\"}},{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"headline\":\"Re-examination by defence concludes\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-08T15:09:41+08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-08T15:49:59+08:00\",\"articleBody\":\"Defence lawyer Andre Jumabhoy (above) wraps up his brief re-examination of Pritam Singh, touching on when the Workers\\u2019 Party (WP) central executive committee learnt of party leaders\\u2019 early knowledge of Ms Raeesah Khan\\u2019s lie; whether Singh thought the matter would be dropped on Aug 3, 2021; and the separation of powers, which Singh has said is why Ms Khan did not immediately speak to the police. Ms Khan\\u2019s departure from the party is also discussed. Forming the disciplinary panel was former WP chief Low Thia Khiang\\u2019s idea, says Singh.The re-examination ends and Singh leaves the stand. No other defence witnesses are called. 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Singh thought she would have to give a personal statement, including the reason that led her to lie.\",\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"The Straits Times\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"kolettelim\"}},{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"headline\":\"Prosecution wraps up cross-examination, unclear if defence will call more witnesses\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-08T12:49:19+08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-08T14:30:29+08:00\",\"articleBody\":\"Rounding off the cross-examination, Deputy Attorney-General Ang Cheng Hock puts the prosecution\\u2019s case \\u2013 line by line \\u2013 to Workers\\u2019 Party chief Pritam Singh.Singh answers \\u201cagree\\u201d or \\u201cdisagree\\u201d to each statement.The judge asks if the defence will be calling more witnesses.Singh\\u2019s lawyer Andre Jumabhoy says: \\u201cI will cross that bridge after lunch.\\u201dCourt is adjourned.\",\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"The Straits Times\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"carmensin\"}},{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"headline\":\"Pritam Singh says he and Low Thia Khiang could have recalled the Oct 11, 2021, meeting differently\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-08T12:49:16+08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-08T14:30:20+08:00\",\"articleBody\":\"Deputy Attorney-General Ang Cheng Hock asks Pritam Singh whether he had told Mr Low Thia Khiang on Oct 11, 2021, about Ms Raeesah Khan\\u2019s confession to key party leaders on Aug 8, 2021, just days after she first told the lie in Parliament.DAG Ang asks: \\u201cSo you told Mr Low?\\u201dSingh says: \\u201cIn my police statement, that\\u2019s what I said.\\u201dDAG Ang says: \\u201cI can read as well, Mr Singh. Did you tell Mr Low on Oct 11?\\u201dSingh answers: \\u201cI believe I would have, but I already mentioned I don\\u2019t recall all the details of the conversation.\\u201dSingh says he, Ms Sylvia Lim and Mr Low \\u201cspeak openly about everything\\u201d, and \\u201cany anything that (Mr Low) would have asked, we would have answered him\\u201d.DAG Ang points out that Mr Low had testified on Oct 23 that he came to know about Ms Khan\\u2019s early confession to party leaders only in August 2023.\\u201cWhich is the truth?\\u201d DAG Ang asks.Singh says: \\u201cI would stick to what I said in my statement.\\u201dDAG Ang asks: \\u201cSo you did tell him?\\u201dSingh says: \\u201cYes, as per my statement, that would be my recollection.\\u201dDAG Ang asks: \\u201cBy the way, so if you\\u2019re right, then Mr Low is lying, right?\\u201dSingh says: \\u201cNo, I wouldn\\u2019t say that, it could be a question of memories.\\u201dDAG Ang asks: \\u201cWould it be fair for me to say that you are doubling down on your position that you did tell Mr Low?\\u201dSingh says: \\u201cI would be doubling down on my best recollection and my belief, yes.\\u201dSingh also emphasises the nature of his relationship with Mr Low, saying that neither one of them lied, and again attributed the discrepancy to a \\u201cquestion of memories\\u201d.\\u201cSo in other words, Mr Low must be either lying or has a very bad memory as to what you told him, correct?\\u201d DAG Ang asks Singh, to which he disagrees.DAG Ang then suggests that Singh withheld that information from Mr Low because he knew how the former WP chief would react, to which Singh also disagrees.\",\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"The Straits Times\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"gabchan\"}},{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"headline\":\"Pritam told police he held off clarifying Raeesah Khan\\u2019s second lie because of her sexual assault\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-08T11:52:01+08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-08T14:24:08+08:00\",\"articleBody\":\"In Pritam Singh\\u2019s police statement on May 18, 2023, the Workers\\u2019 Party chief had said he did not immediately clarify Ms Raeesah Khan\\u2019s lies in October 2021 because he \\u201cwas not sure if Raeesah had informed her family about being sexually assaulted\\u201d.Deputy Attorney-General Ang Cheng Hock, reading from the statement, quotes Singh: \\u201cThis is why I did not clarify immediately, to save her family from any embarrassment.\\u201dDAG Ang asks why did Singh say this when he has repeatedly testified that after Ms Khan doubled down on her lie on Oct 4, 2021, whether or not she had spoken to her parents about her assault was no longer a condition to her confessing in Parliament.Singh says: \\u201cThat\\u2019s no longer relevant (only) at the end of Oct 4, after she has completed what she has done in Parliament.\\u201dDAG Ang says: \\u201cSo after she repeated the lie, one must wait for a few hours before the condition becomes irrelevant?\\u201dDAG Ang asks: \\u201cSo how many hours? How many minutes?\\u201dHe says it is quite plain that what Singh told the court about Ms Khan and her parents becoming irrelevant the moment she lied again is inconsistent with what Singh had told the police.Singh disagrees.\",\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"The Straits Times\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"cpohkwan\"}},{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"headline\":\"Who\\u2019s lying? You or Low Thia Khiang?: Prosecution\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-08T12:39:56+08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-08T12:50:45+08:00\",\"articleBody\":\"Pritam Singh is grilled on what was discussed during the Oct 11, 2021, meeting with Workers\\u2019 Party chairwoman Sylvia Lim and former party chief Low Thia Khiang.Citing Singh\\u2019s police statement recorded on Jan 16, 2023, Deputy Attorney-General Ang Cheng Hock says Singh told the police that he had informed Mr Low during the meeting that Ms Raeesah Khan would be clarifying the details of her anecdote in Parliament.DAG Ang says, however, that Mr Low testified otherwise in court on Oct 23, 2024.Asked about the Oct 11 meeting, Mr Low had said that no one told him of any plans for Ms Khan to make a clarification in Parliament.Singh then says: \\u201cAs I mentioned, that may be Mr Low\\u2019s position. But my position is what I said in the (police) statement.\\u201dHe adds that he cannot remember the exact details of the meeting, but he and Ms Lim had already taken a position by then that Ms Khan would have to come clean in Parliament.DAG Ang then asks who is lying.\\u201cOkay, so he\\u2019s lying, or you\\u2019re lying, isn\\u2019t it?\\u201d DAG Ang says.Singh says that is something the prosecution will have to draw a conclusion on.\\u201cYes, I will,\\u201d DAG Ang says.Singh replies: \\u201cI\\u2019m sure you will.\\u201d\",\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"The Straits Times\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"yuenc\"}},{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"headline\":\"Prosecution highlights inconsistencies between Pritam\\u2019s police statement and Low Thia Khiang\\u2019s testimony\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-08T12:05:00+08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-08T12:35:38+08:00\",\"articleBody\":\"Deputy Attorney-General Ang Cheng Hock quizzes Pritam Singh over an Oct 11, 2021, meeting between him, Workers\\u2019 Party (WP) chair Sylvia Lim and former WP chief Low Thia Khiang (above).DAG Ang says in one of Singh\\u2019s police statements, he had said that regarding Ms Raeesah Khan\\u2019s lie in Parliament, \\u201cMr Low did not give us any advice\\u201d, as they all knew that the only thing left to do was for Ms Khan to clarify the untruth in Parliament.In Mr Low\\u2019s short testimony in court on Oct 23, 2024, he said he was not informed that Singh and Ms Lim had told Ms Khan to clarify her lie in Parliament.DAG Ang says: \\u201cMy point to you is that Mr Low did, in fact, give you advice, which was that Ms Khan had to clarify the untruth in Parliament, correct?\\u201dSingh says: \\u201cYes, that was his perspective, but we already had that perspective even before we spoke to him.\\u201dDAG Ang presses further. \\u201cI will put it to you, Mr Singh, that Mr Low is telling the truth,\\u201d he says, adding that Singh did not ask Ms Khan to clarify her false anecdote in Parliament.Singh disagrees.DAG Ang then suggests that it was Mr Low who said Ms Khan must clarify her untruth in Parliament, after hearing suggestions from Singh and Ms Lim that the party could just hold a press conference for Ms Khan\\u2019s apology, followed by her expulsion. Singh agrees that Mr Low had formed that position, but disagrees with DAG Ang on how he had come to form the opinion.PHOTO: ST FILE\",\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"The Straits Times\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"cpohkwan\"}},{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"headline\":\"Pritam drafted clarification for Raeesah for \\u2018simple matter\\u2019 on Aug 3, 2021, but didn\\u2019t do so before Oct 4 Parliament sitting: Prosecution\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-08T11:53:31+08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-08T12:09:30+08:00\",\"articleBody\":\"Deputy Attorney-General Ang Cheng Hock asks Pritam Singh if he had drafted a clarification for Ms Raeesah Khan in the Oct 3, 2021, meeting at Ms Khan\\u2019s house, the day before she doubled down on her lie in Parliament. Singh agrees that he did not, and says: \\u201cI didn\\u2019t think it would be difficult to clarify.\\u201dDAG Ang then points out that Singh had on Aug 3, 2021, redrafted Ms Raeesah Khan\\u2019s clarification note, after then Minister of State for Home Affairs Desmond Tan asked for more details about her false anecdote.DAG Ang says: \\u201cEven for a simple matter like Aug 3, you had to do the clarification for her, correct?\\u201d Singh agrees.\\u201cBut on Oct 3, going into Oct 4, you didn\\u2019t do any kind of clarification for her.\\u201cAnd she also, for some inexplicable reason based on your evidence, didn\\u2019t ask, \\u2018Do you want me to prepare a clarification, and do you want to look at it?\\u2019\\u201dSingh replies: \\u201cCorrect.\\u201dHere is the screenshot of the exchange between Singh and Ms Khan on Aug 3, 2021: \",\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"The Straits Times\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"kolettelim\"}},{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"headline\":\"Pritam says he didn\\u2019t lie to COP about knowing that Loh Pei Ying and Raeesah would testify, admits he forgot some details\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-08T11:38:15+08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-08T12:01:57+08:00\",\"articleBody\":\"Deputy Attorney-General Ang Cheng Hock asks Pritam Singh when he became aware that Ms Loh Pei Ying and Ms Raeesah Khan would give evidence to the Committee of Privileges (COP).Singh had initially said in court on Nov 7, 2024, that he knew on Nov 29, 2021, that Ms Loh was going to give evidence before the COP.But DAG Ang points out that Singh had told the COP that he did not know this.\\u201cIt was in this context that you lied to the COP, and you told the COP that you did not know Ms Loh was coming to give evidence, correct?\\u201d he asks.Singh disagrees. \\u201cI did not lie to them,\\u201d he says.DAG Ang says Singh had told the court that actually he did know that on Nov 29, 2021, that Ms Loh was going to give evidence before the COP.Singh says yes, adding: \\u201cLater. As I came to find out later.\\u201dDAG Ang asks for his final position.Singh replies: \\u201cI think the position is quite clear.\\u201d He adds that he did not recall the series of messages at the time, noting that he was into his seventh or eighth hour before the COP. \\u201cI have no difficulty with sharing with this court that it was an omission on my part,\\u201d he says.DAG Ang: \\u201cOkay, so you knew that (Ms Loh) was coming to give evidence on Nov 29?\\u201dSingh: \\u201cAfter the fact, yes.\\u201dDAG Ang: \\u201cAfter what fact?\\u201dSingh: \\u201cAfter the COP.\\u201dDAG Ang: \\u201cI\\u2019m asking you as at Nov 29.\\u201dSingh: \\u201cYou see, Mr Ang, I have answered it already.\\u201dDAG Ang: \\u201cPlease answer my question.\\u201dSounding exasperated, Singh refers to a message he received on Nov 29 telling him that Ms Loh had been contacted by Parliament. \\u201cAs you can see from the police statement, I had received the message. I am not going to deny that,\\u201d Singh says.PHOTOS: GOV.SG\",\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"The Straits Times\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"gabchan\"}},{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"headline\":\"Pritam describes himself as a \\u2018primary participant\\u2019 in Raeesah Khan\\u2019s lie\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-08T11:36:35+08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-08T11:41:01+08:00\",\"articleBody\":\"While explaining what he knew and did not know on Nov 29, 2021, Pritam Singh describes him as a \\u201cprimary participant\\u201d in Ms Raeesah Khan\\u2019s lie.He says what he knew on Nov 29, 2021, was that Workers\\u2019 Party cadres Loh Pei Ying and Mike Lim had both received an e-mail from the Committee of Privileges (COP). But he did not know that this means they will be called as witnesses.Deputy Attorney-General Ang Cheng Hock then points out that Singh himself had received an e-mail from the COP by then, and should therefore know what the e-mails are about.Singh says he did receive an e-mail on Nov 6, 2021 asking him to given evidence before the COP. But he adds that he did not know what was in the e-mail to Ms Loh and Mr Lim, and did not think they would be asked to give evidence \\u201cbecause they are not primary participants in Ms Khan\\u2019s lie\\u201d.As DAG Ang begins to ask another question, Deputy Principal District Judge Luke Tan cuts in and asks: \\u201cSorry, what do you mean by \\u2018primary participant\\u2019?\\u201dSingh replies: \\u201cI did not know why they would be called because they had nothing to do with the lie.\\u201dJudge Tan asks: \\u201cYou received an e-mail, so are you a primary participant?\\u201dSingh says: \\u201cYes, certainly.\\u201dJudge Tan then asks Singh why he thought of himself as a primary participant, but not Ms Loh and Mr Lim.Singh says: \\u201cBecause I\\u2019ve been called up as a witness.\\u201d\",\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"The Straits Times\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"kolettelim\"}},{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"headline\":\"Inconsistent accounts of when Pritam knew Loh Pei Ying had been called to COP hearing: Prosecution\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-08T11:22:45+08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-08T11:38:57+08:00\",\"articleBody\":\"Leader of Opposition Pritam Singh on Nov 7, 2024, testified that he had given a wrong answer to the Committee of Privileges (COP) about when he found out former Workers\\u2019 Party cadre Loh Pei Ying had been called up by the COP.He had said at the COP hearing on Dec 10, 2021, that on Nov 29, 2021, he had not known Ms Loh would be giving evidence to the committee.But he told the court on Nov 7, 2024, that he had later realised that was a mistake, and he had already known by Nov 29, 2021, about Ms Loh being contacted by the COP as Workers\\u2019 Party member Mike Lim texted him about it on that day.Deputy Attorney-General Ang Cheng Hock asks when Singh realised he had given an inaccurate answer to the COP.Singh says he cannot recall, but adds that he realised only after he reviewed the COP materials, before his police interviews began in December 2022.DAG Ang then suggests that Singh would have known Ms Loh had been contacted by the COP before the police interview, yet in his statement to the police on April 4, 2023, he had said that he did not think Ms Loh would be called. He says this is inconsistent with what Singh said in court.However, Singh says that any answer would be \\u201cspeculative\\u201d, as he cannot recall when he realised he had made a mistake in his COP testimony.He adds that his answer to the court and the police were given in different contexts. He says when he was interviewed by the police, he was referring to the fact that he knew by Nov 29, 2021, that Ms Loh had received an e-mail from the COP. But at that point, he did not know what this e-mail was about and if Ms Loh would be called up by the COP to testify.He also says that what he said on Nov 7 was \\u201cwith the benefit of hindsight\\u201d, and adds that DAG Ang is mischaracterising what he told the court.DAG Ang says: \\u201cI think it\\u2019s quite clear what you told the court. You specifically told the court that there was one inaccuracy... It was that on Nov 29, you told the COP that as of that day, you did not know that Pei Ying was going to give evidence. And now, you\\u2019re telling us that it\\u2019s not an inaccuracy, that indeed you did not know?\\u201dSingh says no.\",\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"The Straits Times\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"yuenc\"}},{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"headline\":\"Pritam returns to courtroom as judge gives go-ahead for use of police statements\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-08T10:27:16+08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-08T10:35:54+08:00\",\"articleBody\":\"Lawyers for both sides cross swords over the use of five statements Pritam Singh gave to the police from December 2022 in cross-examination.Defence lawyer Andre Jumabhoy says the prosecution unfairly mischaracterised one of Singh\\u2019s answers to the police yesterday. Deputy Principal District Judge Luke Tan appears unconvinced. He says if Singh disagrees with the framing of his answers, he can say so \\u2013 \\u201cThe point of the matter is, it is the witness who answers, he decides how he wants to answer or what he wants to answer \\u2013 that\\u2019s his prerogative\\u201d.After some more wrangling, Judge Tan says to Mr Jumabhoy: \\u201cI will invite you to object, then we can examine each and every one (of the questions).\\u201dHe adds, if any questions are inaccurate and unfair, he will make a ruling.Mr Jumabhoy says: \\u201cI would have objected yesterday, but I had no sight of the statement.\\u201dSingh is called back to the courtroom for cross-examination to continue.\",\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"The Straits Times\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"carmensin\"}},{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"headline\":\"Pritam arrives in court\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-08T09:12:00+08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-08T10:18:48+08:00\",\"articleBody\":\"Good morning. Workers\\u2019 Party secretary-general Pritam Singh arrives at the State Courts at around 9am today.His trial will resume soon. The prosecution is expected to continue with its cross-examination of Singh over his alleged lies at the Committee of Privileges hearings in December 2021. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG\",\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"The Straits Times\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"cpohkwan\"}},{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"headline\":\"Pritam leaves courtroom before police statements are discussed\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-08T09:54:04+08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-08T10:16:32+08:00\",\"articleBody\":\"The 13th day of the trial starts with Pritam Singh leaving the courtroom before he has even spoken a word, as Deputy Principal District Judge Luke Tan, Deputy Attorney-General Ang Cheng Hock and defence lawyer Andre Jumabhoy discuss Singh\\u2019s police statements.At the end of the hearing on Nov 7, DAG Ang requested to enter five police statements given by Singh into evidence.Judge Tan asks Mr Jumabhoy if there is anything he would like to raise regarding the statements before DAG Ang resumes his cross-examination of Singh.Mr Jumabhoy says yes, and starts to reference a Dec 28, 2022, statement before Judge Tan interjects. \\u201cBefore you go on, should Mr Singh be present when this is being discussed?\\u201d he asks.DAG Ang says: \\u201cI think, just for prudence, maybe he can step outside.\\u201dSingh leaves the courtroom.\",\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"The Straits Times\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"kolettelim\"}},{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"headline\":\"What happened yesterday?\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-08T09:14:08+08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-08T09:43:26+08:00\",\"articleBody\":\"Here is what surfaced during Deputy Attorney-General Ang Cheng Hock\\u2019s cross-examination of Singh on Nov 7.DAG Ang clashed with Singh over what the latter meant when he told Ms Raeesah Khan \\u201cI will not judge you\\u201d. DAG Ang said Ms Khan would have looked relieved \\u2013 as Singh recounted \\u2013 only if Singh had told her he would not judge her even if she maintained her lie. If Singh had wanted her to come clean and be subject to investigation, she would not have looked relieved, DAG Ang added.The prosecution suggested that there was a conflict of interest when Singh, Ms Sylvia Lim and Mr Faisal Manap decided to sit on the Workers\\u2019 Party disciplinary panel against Ms Khan, as they had already been aware of her lie since Aug 8, 2021. Singh contended that the party leaders felt the arrangement was fine because they wanted to protect Ms Khan\\u2019s privacy by limiting the number of people who would come to know details about her past sexual assault.DAG Ang also grilled Singh on his lack of action after meeting Ms Khan with Ms Lim and Mr Faisal on Aug 8, 2021, although he had exchanges with Ms Khan over her parliamentary question and had seen her doing estate walks. Singh would have pressed her to come clean if she appeared to be normal, DAG Ang said.DAG Ang pointed out Singh\\u2019s inconsistencies in regard to whether Ms Khan should respond to police requests for information. He suggested that Singh did not want Ms Khan to speak to the police in October 2021 so that his involvement would not be revealed.The prosecution also suggested the press conference by the WP was timed just prior to the start of Committee of Privileges (COP) hearings, because Singh, Ms Lim and Mr Faisal had not told other WP central executive committee members that they were aware of Ms Khan\\u2019s lie earlier, and this might come out in Ms Khan and Ms Loh Pei Ying\\u2019s testimonies at the COP.READ MORE: 3 WP leaders formed panel to throw Raeesah under the bus: ProsecutionREAD MORE: \\u2018Your evidence is incredible,\\u2019 says prosecution to Singh: Key points on day 12 of WP chief\\u2019s trial\",\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"The Straits Times\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"linettel\"}}]}","keywords":"Pritam, Pritam Singh, Pritam trial, Raeesah, Raeesah Khan, Parliament, Workers’ Party, WP, WP chief, Opposition, Singapore, court, live, latest, updates","robots":"index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1","image":"https://static1.straitstimes.com.sg/s3fs-public/articles/2024/11/08/KCS5238.JPG?VersionId=Ae1Q8GE6sYVD0rp00M1fWG3Y8t6XQFd0"},"gaData":{"level2":"23","chapter1":"","chapter2":"","title":"Live:_Prosecution_continues_cross-examining_Pritam_Singh_for_third_day","title_ga":"Live: Prosecution continues cross-examining Pritam Singh for third day","pagination":"1","contenttype":"live blog"}},"dependentPaths":[]}}},"actionData":null,"errors":null}