In a separate blog post on Thursday, the WP leaders wrote that they had donated S$26,958.52 to AHTC and S$30,768.51 to SKTC.
“Since the lawsuits started in 2017, the legal costs and disbursements payable to our lawyers totalled more than S$3.1 million,” they added.
“The proceedings took seven years, from 2017 to 2024. We wish to acknowledge and thank members of the public, friends and acquaintances for their contributions towards our legal expenses when we needed it.
“Through this long process, we personally have collectively paid more than S$1.4 million towards these legal fees”.
They added that in November 2023, the Court of Appeal awarded legal costs of their appeal in their favour, resulting in S$107,696.73 due from AHTC and S$123,004.55 due from SKTC, for a total of S$230,701.28.
The sum apportioned was based on the share of each town council’s contribution towards the total cost – 46.7 per cent from AHTC and 53.3 per cent from SKTC.
From November 2023 to date, the WP leaders used a total of S$172,983.97 out of the S$230,701.28 to pay their lawyers’ bills up to the conclusion of their work. A balance of S$57,717.31 remained, which was placed in their lawyers’ account.
“As at Aug 27, the amount stood at S$57,727.03, which could have been used to reimburse us for the S$1.4 million we have paid.
“We have, however, donated the balance monies to the town councils in the proportions stated above.”
