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SINGAPORE (The Straits Times / ANN): Karl Liew, the son of former Changi Airport Group (CAG) chairman Liew Mun Leong, appeared in district court on Thursday (Nov 5) and was charged with giving false information to a civil servant.
Karl Liew, 43, is also accused of providing false evidence during court proceedings.
The bond has been set at S $ 15,000.
He will return to court on December 17.
For giving false information to a public servant, a criminal can be imprisoned for up to six months and fined up to $ 5,000.
Offenders convicted of presenting false evidence during court proceedings can be imprisoned for up to seven years and fined.
Karl Liew is linked to a case involving 46-year-old Parti Liyani, who used to work as a domestic worker for the elder Liew and his family from 2007 to 2016.
She was later charged with stealing more than $ 34,000 worth of household items. Items included a $ 10,000 Gerald Genta watch, 115 items of clothing worth $ 150 each, as well as two iPhones with accessories valued at more than $ 2,000 in total.
According to court documents, Karl Liew allegedly gave false information to an assistant superintendent Tang Ru Long around 8 p.m. on December 10, 2016.
He is accused of telling ASP Tang in a statement that he had found 119 pieces of clothing belonging to him inside boxes packed by Parti.
Karl Liew is also charged with knowingly providing false evidence in a court proceeding before District Judge Olivia Low in state court on July 17, 2018.
He allegedly testified during the trial, while legally bound by an oath, that he owned a cream polo shirt and a red blouse.
Parti was sentenced to two years and two months in jail in March last year. But Judge Chan Seng Onn overturned his conviction on four counts of robbery after an appeal in September this year.
Her attorney, Anil Balchandani, who acted pro bono, had argued in her appeal that she was being framed to prevent her from filing a complaint against the family for illegal deployment.
Balchandani said that in addition to working at the Chancery Lane family home, Parti had also been told to clean Karl Liew’s office and home.
Judge Chan had discovered that there was an “improper motive” on the part of Major Liew and his son to prevent Parti from complaining to the authorities.
The Minister of Internal Affairs and Law, K. Shanmugam, told Parliament in a ministerial statement on Wednesday that the Attorney General’s Office (AGC), starting with this case, will seriously consider investigating the allegations of perjury or other serious crimes in the event that such conclusions arise in court. issued judgments or decisions in judicial processes.
In a statement Wednesday night, the police said: “Following the publication of the Superior Court ruling and in light of the High Court’s comments, the AGC ordered the police to carry out further investigations with a view to assessing crimes had been committed by the Liews. “
Police added that they have completed their investigations.
Karl Liew, who is represented by attorney Adam Maniam of the Drew & Napier law firm, remained expressionless while in the dock around 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
Accompanied by his legal team and an unidentified woman, he left the State Courts building around 11 a.m. and got into a black car.
They all declined to comment when approached by The Straits Times. – The Straits Times / Asia News Network
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