Man in gay-sex law challenge applies to join separate appeal
All parties get chance to be heard, matter can be settled quickly, he says
Published on Aug 14, 2013
By Andrea Ong
A man awaiting judgment on his challenge to the law criminalising sex between men has taken a legal step to join the hearing on a separate case involving the same law.
Mr Tan Eng Hong, 49, yesterday applied to the Court of Appeal to join its hearing of a gay couple's suit against Section 377A of Singapore's Penal Code, as an intervening party.
That is because the outcome of the appeal by Mr Gary Lim and Mr Kenneth Chee will affect his own case, said Mr Tan's lawyer M. Ravi yesterday.
If the apex court grants leave for Mr Tan to intervene, it will pave the way for his lawyer to present arguments on the case at the appeal hearing, said Mr Ravi.
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