'If she tells a lie, I think she should apologise': Low Thia Khiang on Raeesah Khan in Pritam Singh's trial

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SINGAPORE: Former Workers' Party (WP) chief Low Thia Khiang took the stand on Wednesday (Oct 23) as a prosecution witness in the trial against his successor, Pritam Singh. Singh is accused of lying ...

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expected testimony, and took the stand just past 4.10pm.\n\n\n\n\n\n      Former Workers' Party chief Low Thia Khiang arrives at the State Courts on Oct 23, 2024, for the trial of Pritam Singh. (Photo: CNA/Ili Nadhirah Mansor)\r\n\n    \n\n\n\n\nDressed in a grey suit and blue long-sleeved shirt and holding a plastic water bottle, he was calm and was seen in a witness room reading his phone before entering.\nHe gave the usual affirmation to give evidence that is \"the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth\".\nAsked by Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Ben Mathias to introduce himself, Mr Low stated his full name before saying his occupation was \"retired\", to some laughs from the packed public gallery.\nAsked what his current role was in the WP, Mr Low said he was a member of WP's Central Executive Committee (CEC), the party's central decision-making body.\nHe said he joined WP in 1982, first as an ordinary member, then a cadre member, then a CEC member and an organising secretary.\nIn 2001, he said he took over as secretary-general of the party. He has been a CEC member for more than 20 years.\n\n\n\n\nMr Tan then showed Mr Low a photograph of Low's phone, displaying a calendar invite for the date Oct 11, 2021, that read: Meet SL and PS.\nMr Low gave short answers to the questions Mr Tan posed him, prompting laughter from the gallery at various points.\nHe said the photo showed his phone, and that he had made the calendar entry to meet Pritam Singh and Sylvia Lim, who is currently WP chair.\n\"Who initiated this meeting?\" asked Mr Tan.\n\"Er... I recall Sylvia text(ed) me,\" answered Mr Low. \n\"What did she say?\" asked the prosecutor.\n\"She just say, can I meet you at such date and time,\" said Mr Low.\n\"What was the purpose of the meeting?\" asked Mr Tan.\n\"It was not stated,\" replied Mr Low.\nMs Lim and Mr Singh did meet him at Mr Low's house on Oct 11, 2021, he testified.\n\"How did the conversation begin at this meeting?\" asked Mr Tan.\n\"Sylvia broke the news to me that Raeesah lie(d) in parliament,\" said Mr Low. \"And she's, uh, considering to hold a press conference for her to apologise.\"\nHe said Ms Lim did not say when Ms Khan had lied in parliament.\nAsked what he replied, Mr Low said: \"I said that, since Ms Khan lied in parliament, the correct forum to apologise and to clarify is parliament.\"\n\"Did you ask Ms Lim who else knew about the lie?\" asked Mr Tan.\n\"Uh. I did ask whether the government has known about the lie,\" said Mr Low. \"Ms Lim said the government has not known, and it's not easy to know, because there are so many police stations in Singapore.\"\nHe said Singh did not say anything at this point.\n\"How did you respond to Ms Lim's point that it was not easy to find out since there were so many police stations in Singapore?\" asked Mr Tan.\nMr Low answered: \"I said it's not the point whether or not the government can (find) out. If she tells a lie, I think she should apologise.\"\nAsked what the demeanour of Ms Lim and Singh was during this conversation, Mr Low said Ms Lim \"appeared to be anxious\", but that he did not notice Singh's demeanour.\n\n\n\n\nAfter the judge jumped in to clarify a question Mr Tan was trying to ask, Mr Tan asked: \"Was there anything mentioned about Ms Khan's position as an MP?\"\n\"There was no mention of her position,\" said Mr Low. \"I think they did mention that they also planned to expel her (from the party).\"\nIn response to Ms Lim's point about holding a press conference and asking Ms Khan to apologise, Mr Low said: \"I remember I told them that it doesn't work to just use the press conference, or, you know, a statement. Because Ms Khan lied in parliament, as what I said earlier, the correct forum is parliament and she should apologise and clarify in parliament.\"\nHe said he did not remember how Ms Lim and Singh responded to this.\nHe said the pair said they would talk to Ms Khan to ask her to apologise in parliament.\n\"So this meeting, Mr Low, was on Oct 11, 2021. During this meeting, did Mr Singh or Ms Lim inform you that they had already told Ms Khan to clarify the untruth in parliament?\" asked Mr Tan.\n\"No,\" said Mr Low.\n\"During this meeting, did Mr Singh or Ms Lim tell you that they had already told Ms Khan to speak to her parents about the sexual assault?\" asked Mr Tan.\n\"No,\" replied Mr Low.\n\"During this meeting, did Mr Singh or Ms Lim tell you that on Oct 3, 2021, Mr Singh had gone to Ms Khan's house and told her to clarify the untruth in parliament the next day?\" asked Mr Tan.\n\"No,\" replied Mr Low again.\nHe said he could not recall if Ms Lim had mentioned anything about Ms Khan's sexual assault at the Oct 11, 2021 meeting.\nMr Low said he did not have any impression as to when the lie happened, because he did not know when the parliament sitting was and he did not follow parliament closely at the time. \n\"They broke news to me, so this is a problem, I participate in the discussion,\" he said matter-of-factly.\n\"Maybe I'll ask you this,\" said Mr Tan. \"Did Mr Singh or Ms Lim actually tell you when they found out that Ms Khan had lied in parliament?\"\n\"No,\" replied Mr Low.\nMr Tan then asked him how the meeting ended.\n\"How did this meeting end?\" repeated Mr Low. \"Well, they left after that.\"\nLaughter broke out in the public gallery.\nMr Tan then asked Mr Low about another meeting he had on Oct 18, 2021, at his house, but only with Ms Lim this time.\n\"Who initiated this meeting?\" asked Mr Tan.\n\"Sylvia,\" replied Mr Low.\n\"What's the purpose of this meeting?\" asked the prosecutor.\n\"Didn't state. Just said wanted to meet me so I meet (her),\" said Mr Low, again to scattered laughs from the public.\nAt this meeting, he said Ms Lim said Ms Khan had agreed to apologise in parliament. Mr Low responded that \"we would want to look at her draft (apology)\".\nAsked why, he said: \"Because I do not want an apology, end up with another lie.\"\nAsked what else was discussed, he said: \"Basically she just tell me I mean she has agreed and um I told her we want the draft statement from her before she go to parliament and you know apologise.\"\nHe said he first discovered that Singh, Ms Lim and Mr Faisal Manap had known about the untruth since Aug 8, 2021, only in August 2023.\n\"What was your reaction when you found out?\" asked Mr Tan.\n\"I was, uh, I was wondering... uh, why take so long,\" said Mr Low. \"Take so long to ... reveal this.\"\nMs Khan apologised in parliament and revealed publicly that her anecdote was a lie on Nov 1, 2021.\n\n\n\n\nMr Low said he texted Singh, either on that day or the next day, to suggest forming a disciplinary panel.\n\"Because the party will have to look at disciplinary action, although she has apologised in parliament,\" said Mr Low. \"And I also suggested perhaps the panel should consist of chair of the party, the vice-chair, which is Faisal Manap, and also the secretary-general, who are, you know, the leader(s) of the team, to look into the problem.\"\nHe said he was unaware, at the time he suggested convening a disciplinary panel, that the three WP leaders had known about the lie since August 2021.\nHe said he did not know that they had a private conversation with Ms Khan about the untruth being raised in parliament on Oct 4, 2021.\nAsked if he read the COP report or followed COP proceedings, Mr Low said: \"I read newspaper report. But I don't read the details.\"\nThe prosecution then ended its examination-in-chief of Mr Low, in about 20 minutes. \nThe defence asked for a 15-minute break before beginning its cross-examination, and everyone rose to bow to the judge except Mr Low, who had to be prompted by the Deputy Attorney-General with hand gestures.\nIn cross-examination, Mr Aristotle Eng asked only one question: \"Mr Low, do you agree that a lie that's been told on record in parliament would have to be clarified in parliament?\"\nAfter asking for the question to be repeated, Mr Low said: \"Yes, I think so.\"\nHe was then let off the stand, with his total turn on the stand lasting under an hour, including the 15-minute break.\nSINGH GRANTED REQUEST TO ATTEND DAUGHTER'S GRADUATION\nAfter this, Deputy Attorney-General Ang Cheng Hock told the court that the prosecution's last witness is the investigating officer, but that he does not need to even take the stand unless the defence has questions for him.\nMr Andre Jumabhoy said he had not considered that and asked if this could be taken \"offline\", meaning not in open court.\nThe prosecution then suggested for the investigation officer to be on standby to take the stand tomorrow morning, or have his turn on the stand dispensed with.\nMr Jumabhoy then resurfaced his previous request for the morning's hearing to be vacated for Singh to attend his daughter's graduation.\nHe suggested starting the trial at 11.30am, which the judge agreed with.\nThe judge asked if the defence intended to make an application to say that there is no case made out by the prosecution for the defence to answer.\nMr Jumabhoy agreed, but said it \"hasn't been crystallised\" in terms of whether it pertained to one or both charges, but \"definitely the first charge\".\nThis is the charge alleging that Singh lied to the COP about wanting Ms Khan to, at some point, clarify her lie in parliament, at the conclusion of his meeting with Ms Khan, Ms Lim and Mr Faisal Manap on Aug 8, 2021.\nThe defence will put in written submissions on there being no case for the defence to answer.\nThe trial will resume at 11.30am on Thursday. 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