Guess why??? Why did AGC drop corruption charges against Iswaran despite PCA’s section 8’s presumption clause?

[Hightech88]

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[A Singaporean]

If you are an oppie, they will throw everything at you including the kitchen sink.

 

[jsctan]

Wow.....can like that meh?

 

[oliverlee]

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I really thought it was Iswalan jigging to his freedom

 

[laksaboy]

Daft Sinkies still believe the kangaroo courts of a totalitarian regime will actually dispense justice.

A little trip down memory lane...

 

[VanDick]

They can allow their puppet president to moonlight elsewhere simply with a stroke of the pen. They can simply change electoral boundaries to sextify their urges. So yes, they can do anything they feel like it, and there is nothing you can do about this except to suck it up and watch the fake drama unfold.

 

[lostvirgin]

First day in Singapore?

 

[NanoSpeed]

It's to save OBS.

 

[NanoSpeed]

Daft Sinkies still believe the kangaroo courts of a totalitarian regime will actually dispense justice.

A little trip down memory lane...

NBG was acquitted because the Court accepted that Cecilia and NBG had an intimate relationship, and the 30+ bjs were given due to the intimate relationship, and NOT in exchange for government contracts

Iswaran can adopt the same defence

 

[Loofydralb]

To maintain the record that not a single PAP minister was ever convicted of corruption.

This in itself is already corrupted system.

 

[k1976]

First day in Singapore?

 

[Hightech88]

If you are an oppie, they will throw everything at you including the kitchen sink.

If you are oppie, becomes the other way round - initially charged under Section 165 can suddenly become charged under Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA) NBCB, LOL.

Imagine if Pritam Singh accidentally accepted a gift worth only $200 and found out will likely jitao tio charged under PCA, LOL.

 

[LaoTze]

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[jsctan]

It's to save OBS.

And Bernie.

 

[jsctan]

NBG was acquitted because the Court accepted that Cecilia and NBG had an intimate relationship, and the 30+ bjs were given due to the intimate relationship, and NOT in exchange for government contracts

Iswaran can adopt the same defence

It's political. He has nothing to gain. On the other hand ..

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

same reason why Ong Beng Seng not charged lor..................scared these 2 will open more cans of worms..........

 

[NanoSpeed]

The prosecution's justification to amend the corruption charges under s.6(a) of Prevention of Corruption Act to s.165 of Penal Code is flawed.

The "litigation risk" was in reference to corruption charges. In other words, there was no litigation risk with respect to the 32 lesser charges of accepting gifts and 1 charge for obstruction of justice. That is to say, irrespective of the corruption charges, the Prosecution would still have secured a conviction for the lesser charges. That is also to say, if the Prosecution had proceeded with both corruption and accepting gifts charges, regardless of the litigation risk with respect to the corruption charges, the Prosecution would still have secured a conviction for the lesser charges WITHOUT THE NECESSITY of accepting a guilty plea for the lesser charges.

On the other hand, if there was a risk that they might not secure a conviction for the lesser charges and that the Prosecution might not get anything, then it would be worthwhile to consider giving up the corruption charges for a sure conviction under the lesser charges via a guilty plea. So, if anything, the Prosecution should have concerned itself with whether there was a litigation risk with respect to the lesser charges, and not the corruption charges.

骗人的！

 

[blissquek]

It's to save OBS.

It is to provide a light censure.. including PMO whose audit failure fail to pick the so call light misdemeanor …!!!

 

[bobby]

Because it is a victimless crime…no body died and no body loss money and no collateral damage

 

[KingFook Sr]

Iswalan is a senior PAP.