Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh’s appeal verdict hearing fixed for Dec 4

Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh’s appeal verdict hearing fixed for Dec 4


During the appeal on Nov 4, Justice Steven Chong questioned both the prosecution – led by Deputy Attorney-General Goh Yihan – and the lead defence lawyer, Mr Andre Jumabhoy, on their respective submissions.

In his written submissions, Mr Jumabhoy said the case had been “wrongly decided” by the trial judge, that the law was “misapplied” and the facts “misjudged”.

He said the trial judge accepted “impossibilities” in Ms Khan’s account as “proof” and “conjecture as fact”, ignoring the “plain reality” that Singh “consistently acted with caution, integrity and empathy”.



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