A disciplinary tribunal has heard a complaint of misconduct filed against two prosecutors by Ms Parti Liyani, the Indonesian domestic helper whose theft conviction in 2019 was overturned in a high-profile appeal in 2020.
In August 2017, she was charged with four counts of theft, involving 144 items valued at more than S$50,000. Justice Chan Seng Onn noted in his decision that there was “reason to believe that the Liew family … took the pre-emptive first step to terminate” Ms Parti to prevent her from filing a complaint of illegal deployment.Shortly after Ms Parti was acquitted, Mr Liew stepped down as CAG chairman. The high-profile case led to a discussion in Parliament about Singapore’s criminal justice system.
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