[ad_1]
SINGAPORE – The Minister of Home Affairs and Law, K. Shanmugam, said on Wednesday (September 16) that he would make a ministerial statement in Parliament on the case involving former maid Parti Liyani, who was recently cleared of theft.
It would be good for Parliament to discuss the matter, he told reporters at a Local Team event.
His comments came after several MPs, including the President of the Workers’ Party, Sylvia Lim, said they had tabled questions and a motion to adjourn on the case for debate in Parliament at its next session, which is scheduled to next month.
The criminal case, in which the family of prominent businessman Liew Mun Leong accused Ms Parti of stealing items worth a total of $ 34,000, has sparked an uproar and raised questions about the judicial system’s treatment of women. less favored people.
Mr. Liew, 74, has stepped down as Chairman of Changi Airport Group and Surbana Jurong.
On Wednesday, Shanmugam, responding to questions from reporters, said it would be good to “openly expose what happened and address the questions.”
Earlier in the day, WP said in a statement that Ms. Lim, a deputy from Aljunied GRC, filed a motion for postponement to speak on the issue of fairness in the criminal justice system.
However, there is at least one other motion for adjournment – by Jalan Besar GRC MP Denise Phua on people with disabilities – and who will speak at the session will be determined by vote.
MPs who have raised questions about Ms Parti’s case include Bukit Batok MP Murali Pillai, Sembawang GRC MP Vikram Nair and Jurong GRC MP Tan Wu Meng.
Mr. Murali asks what happened in the investigation of the case, while Mr. Nair wants to know what the internal review of the Ministry of Law has found on the handling of the matter by the Attorney General’s Office.
Dr. Tan said in his Facebook post that he has met with Clementi residents “who were deeply disturbed” by what happened in the case, adding that he has asked for statistics on domestic workers accused of theft.
The 46-year-old Indonesian domestic worker was sentenced to two years and two months in jail last year for stealing $ 34,000 worth of items from the family of Liew, for whom she had worked for nine years.
In reversing her conviction, High Court Judge Chan Seng Onn, in his 100-page sentence, found Ms Parti’s trial judge’s conviction to be “unsafe” for several reasons, including the way the police handled the evidence and motive behind the allegations made by some members of the Liew family.
Shanmugam said Wednesday it was a good thing that both PAP and WP MPs “seem very interested” in the case.
Last week, he said authorities take Judge Chan’s comments very seriously and will find out “what happened, why it happened and then they will deal with it.”
[ad_2]
