Iswaran turns to High Court to get prosecution to hand over statements of all its witnesses

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Iswaran's lawyers, led by Senior Counsel Davinder Singh, had lost their first bid to compel the prosecution to provide all witness statements, but tried again in a criminal revision in the High Court.

Iswaran's lawyers, led by Senior Counsel Davinder Singh, had lost their first bid to compel the prosecution to provide all witness statements, but tried again in a criminal revision in the High Court.New: You can now listen to articles., turned up at the High Court on Friday in a bid to get the prosecution to hand over all the statements of the witnesses it intends to call at trial.

These relate to his interactions with property tycoon Ong Beng Seng and Mr Lum Kok Seng, the managing director of Singapore-listed Lum Chang Holdings. "The whole point of pre-trial discovery is to respond in a fashion so that your honour knows what are the issues in the case," said the lawyer. "You will remember at that hearing we had complained that the way they were doing it suggested that they wanted this trial to go on in a way which would result in whether acquittal or conviction and appeal while Ong Beng Seng's case remains unresolved," said Mr Singh."We've also drawn your attention to his health conditions and your honour recognised that as a possible prejudice to us.

 

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