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SINGAPORE: A ministerial statement that is expected to be made during next month’s parliament session will address questions raised by members of Parliament (MP) on the Parti Liyani case, State Minister for Internal Affairs Desmond Tan said.
Speaking in Parliament on Monday (October 5), Tan was responding to MPs’ questions about the case. In this regard, a total of 14 parliamentary questions were formulated.
“The agencies have heeded the Superior Court ruling and are conducting reviews,” Tan said. “These reviews are still ongoing.”
Upon completion of the reviews, the Minister of the Interior and Law, K Shanmugam, will address the issues raised by members in a ministerial statement. This is expected to be done in the November session.
In comments provided to the CNA last Friday, Shanmugam said he will make the statement after reviews by the police and the Attorney General’s Office (AGC) are completed.
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Ms. Parti, a former domestic worker employed by then-Changi Airport Group Chairman Liew Mun Leong, had been convicted in March last year of stealing S $ 34,000 worth of items from Mr. Liew and his family.
A Superior Court judge overturned the conviction on September 4 of this year, highlighting several problems with the conviction findings and how the case was handled.
Following this, the AGC said the findings “raise questions that warrant further investigation,” and will assess whether further action should be taken.
On September 8, Ms Parti was acquitted of her latest charge, which accused her of having items that she was suspected of having obtained fraudulently. They gave him a discharge equivalent to the acquittal of the fifth charge.
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Ms Parti then went to court to seek disciplinary proceedings against prosecutors in her case. If successful, procedures could be initiated to assess whether there was any misconduct by prosecutors.
Since then, the case has been adjourned, and the Chief Justice gave her two weeks to reconsider her request after she expressed some doubts about how to proceed.
Parti’s lawyer, Anil Balchandani, said at the on-camera hearing last week that she has been “somewhat overwhelmed by the events of the past month.”
“You have also drawn my attention to the fact that the most important thing on your client’s mind is the fact that he has not been to Indonesia for the last four years and naturally wants to be able to return as soon as possible,” he said. the Chief Justice in explaining his decision to postpone the case.
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Because of this, Ms. Parti initially considered withdrawing her request to investigate the conduct of prosecutors.
However, she “evidently also believes that the (assistant prosecutors) must respond to the allegations that she has raised in her affidavit and is somewhat divided among the various competing considerations,” said the Chief Justice.
