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SINGAPORE – The maid who filed an application against the two prosecutors involved in her court case is considering dropping the matter, the Chief Justice said on Thursday (October 1).
Parti Liyani has been overwhelmed by the events of the past month and has been out of Indonesia for the past four years, according to her lawyer Anil Balchandani.
His desire to return to his home country as soon as possible is one of the reasons he initially considered withdrawing his legal action against the two Deputy Prosecutors (DPPs) who handled his criminal case, Balchandani told Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon. The two DPPs are Tan Wee Hao and Tan Yanying.
Last month, Parti was acquitted by the Superior Court of stealing $ 34,000 worth of items from Liew. This came after she was initially convicted in a lower court. In Judge Chan Seng Onn’s ruling on his acquittal, he highlighted several problems with the conviction findings and how the case was handled.
On Thursday, the CJ heard representatives from the Attorney General’s Office and Balchandani at an internal hearing regarding the request under S82A of the Law on Legal Profession, which sought that DPPs be investigated before a Disciplinary Court, and a request on behalf of the DPPs having certain material presented to the CJ.
It was then that the CJ was informed that Parti was considering dropping her lawsuit against the DPPs.
“However, your client evidently also believes that the DPPs must respond to the allegations that he has raised in his affidavit and is somewhat divided between the various competing considerations,” CJ Menon said in the reasons for the decision issued Thursday. Balchandani asked that the matter be deferred for two weeks to allow Parti to reach a final decision on whether to proceed.
The CJ granted the request and allowed Balchandani to inform him by letter of Parti’s position within the next two weeks.
“This seems especially sensible because under the Rules of the Legal Profession (Disciplinary Tribunal), the applicant would probably have to appoint an attorney to prosecute the matter; and as I explained to Mr. Balchandani, that might require some action to be taken if Mr. Balchandani himself is likely to be a witness in the process, ”said the CJ.
At the same hearing Thursday afternoon, AGC State Attorney Kristy Tan informed the CJ that the two DPPs will not object to her referring the matter to the Disciplinary Court for investigation.
This would give DPPs the opportunity to present their account of what happened and to fully explain themselves.
The CJ noted that, while this was an appropriate course of action, it would be appropriate to grant the postponement before issuing orders.
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