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SINGAPORE – Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Hri Kumar Nair will lead the review of the case of former domestic worker Parti Liyani, who was acquitted of robbing the chairman of the Changi Airport Group, Liew Mun Leong, and his family.
In a statement on Wednesday (September 9), the Attorney General’s Office (AGC) said that Attorney General Lucien Wong had already recused himself “for personal reasons” from the review of this case on September 5, shortly after the ruling of the High Court. was released.
The statement did not elaborate on the reasons.
In response to inquiries from the media, the AGC noted that several years prior to his appointment as Attorney General, Mr. Wong served on CapitaLand’s board of directors, while Mr. Liew was president and CEO of the company.
Mr. Wong left the board in January 2006.
“AG Lucien Wong and Mr. Liew did not have a personal relationship, and this continues today,” the statement added.
Neither Mr. Wong nor the DAGs participated in the prosecution’s decisions regarding the charges brought in the case, the AGC further said.
“This case was one of those routinely handled by AGC, which did not require the involvement of the AG or the DAGs.”
The AGC had stated in its September 6 press release that it was studying the High Court ruling on the case to assess what additional measures, if any, should be taken, in light of Judge Chan Seng Onn’s comments.
In assessing the case, Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam said Tuesday that authorities take the judge’s comments on the case very seriously and will address what went wrong in the process.
“Something went wrong in the chain of events. We have to look at that and deal with what went wrong,” he said.
“In the process, we shouldn’t be defensive. It shouldn’t be a witch hunt. It has to be a fair process. We have to find out what happened, why it happened, and then deal with it. And be responsible,” he said. additional.
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