Cleared of wrongdoing

[chowka]

Jul 16, 2010
Cleared of wrongdoing

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Mr Singh, 61, made legal history as the first person charged in Singapore with making a false claim, an offence that has been in force for over a century. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

AFTER five years and spending about $1 million in legal fees, lawyer Bachoo Mohan Singh, who was initially convicted of helping a client make a false claim, walked out of court a free man. In throwing out the conviction, the Court of Appeal gave a landmark ruling in a split decision.

Mr Singh, 61, made legal history as the first person charged in Singapore with making a false claim, an offence that has been in force for over a century; he is also the first lawyer in Commonwealth countries to be convicted of such an offence.

After the decision, the biggest reaction came not from the lawyer of 36 years' standing, but his sister, former Netball Singapore president Ivy Singh-Lim. She proclaimed she loved her country and wanted to know how much State funds have been spent on her brother's case.

Mr Singh's case arose from a 2003 property deal involving a flat buyer and seller who were in a purported cashhback scheme in which an inflated sale price is declared to the HDB.

Read the full story in Friday's edition of the Straits Times.

 

[chowka]

Sister relieved and angry


Jul 16, 2010
Sister relieved and angry

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The minute she walked out of the court building with her brother and his lawyer friend Charles Tan, Mrs Singh-Lim made good on her promise by lying prostrate on the ground and kissing the floor as passers-by looked on in bemusement. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

<!-- story content : start --> AFTER her elder brother was acquitted by the Court of Appeal, the biggest reaction came from Mrs Ivy Singh-Lim, who put up the $1 million needed for his case. After the court was adjourned, she said loudly that she wanted to know how much State funds had been spent on prosecuting Mr Bachoo Mohan Singh.

She then made a number of phone calls announcing the court victory. Outside the courtroom, a worked up Mrs Singh-Lim, arms pumping and in a raised voice, criticised the media for what she deemed inaccurate reporting. She also made references to unnamed people who had landed her brother in trouble, labelling them 'scum'.

Trailed by reporters as she left, she declared that she was going to kiss the ground, although she did not say why she wanted to do so. The minute she walked out of the court building with her brother and his lawyer friend Charles Tan, Mrs Singh-Lim made good on her promise by lying prostrate on the ground and kissing the floor as passers-by looked on in bemusement.

Read the full story in Friday's edition of the Straits Times.

 

[Teo Kok Eng]

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