In a quiet courtroom on Thursday (Jan 18) morning, former Transport Minister S Iswaran looked on as his lead defence lawyer, Senior Counsel Davinder Singh, engaged in a mini war of words with Chief Prosecutor Tan Kiat Pheng. There was some back-and-forth in court when Mr Singh raised a matter with the judge on the number of charges, with Mr Tan responding that if he "wants to pursue this subsequently, we will address it in future".
Iswaran had just been charged with 27 offences, including corruption and obtaining valuables as a public servant. It came six months after a probe into him was made public. CNA looks at the careers of the two prominent lawyers leading their respective teams in the high-profile case, which is set to go to trial in light of Iswaran's not-guilty plea. A pre-trial conference has been fixed on March 1
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