Updated: 11/11/2013 22:38 | By Channel NewsAsia
CPIB monitoring effectiveness of criminal case disclosure regime
SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) is currently monitoring how disclosure procedures operate in respect of offences investigated by CPIB that are within the list of offences subjected to criminal case disclosure.
He was replying to Workers' Party Chairman Sylvia Lim's question on whether and when cases prosecuted under the Prevention of Corruption Act will be brought within the criminal case disclosure procedures under Part IX of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Mr Lee said that under Part IX of the Criminal Procedure Code, certain listed offences are subjected to the criminal case disclosure regime.
And offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act are not within this list of offences.
Mr Lee said this matter was raised earlier this year during the Committee of Supply debate by Ms Lim.
The government had said then it will monitor how well the criminal case disclosure regime works before expanding it to deal with additional offences or categories of offences, such as those in the Prevention of Corruption Act.
He added that this process is still ongoing, not just in respect of the Prevention of Corruption Act, but also other offences investigated by other agencies. - CNA/gn
