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SINGAPORE: The government “will continually strive to protect and improve” the justice system, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a Facebook post on Tuesday (November 10).
This was so that people could be sure that it was “clean, fair and that it works equally for everyone,” he added.
Lee responded to the ministerial statement made by Law Minister K Shanmugam in Parliament last week on the case of Parti Liyani, a former Indonesian maid acquitted by the High Court in September of stealing from her then employer after being sentenced last year. past.
“Building a democratic society based on justice and equality is a fundamental objective of our nation,” he wrote. “To do this, we need proper and fair enforcement of our laws.”
Mr. Shanmugam’s Ministerial Declaration had “comprehensively presented the facts of the case,” Mr. Lee said.
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“Both sides of the Chamber agreed that the police and the Attorney General’s Office (AGC) had treated it as a routine case, and that neither side tried to influence its outcome.”
He added: “This case has generated a lot of attention and concern from Singaporeans, and it is understandable. If we find deficiencies in our criminal justice system, we must remedy them.”
“We will continually strive to protect and improve our justice system so that people can be sure that it is clean, fair and works equally for everyone.”
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In his November 3 statement, Shanmugam said in Parliament that Parti’s employer, Liew Mun Leong, who was the chairman of the Changi Airport Group, had no influence on the case.
“It was treated like any other robbery case and handled accordingly,” he said, adding that no one tried to influence the police and the AGC in relation to the case.
Shanmugam also said the case illustrates how the rule of law applies in Singapore, where the High Court acquitted a maid in a case in which the plaintiff was a “rich and powerful person.”
“Everyone is equal before the law,” he said.
“It doesn’t matter who the parties are. Justice, according to the facts, and the law as the courts see it. “
