If a person a charged in court why would the prosecution not provide him with the statements of a prosecution witness?
What is the rationale?
Only in Singapore?
How to answer the charges against you if you do not know what is the case against you.
https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/i...ecution-hand-over-statements-all-56-witnesses
Former transport minister S. Iswaran, who faces 35 charges, on July 5 tried to compel the prosecution to provide conditioned statements for all 56 prosecution witnesses.
A conditioned statement is a mode of giving evidence by written statement, rather than by oral testimony.
Iswaran, whose charges involve more than $400,000 worth of items, arrived at the High Court with his defence team at around 9.30am.
The prosecution team argued they had provided a list of the 56 witnesses and their roles in the case, and are not obliged to provide the conditioned statements of these witnesses.
One of the seven prosecution witnesses named in court documents was Iswaran’s wife, Taylor Kay Mary.
The prosecution said she had seven statements recorded by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau during investigations.
What is the rationale?
Only in Singapore?
How to answer the charges against you if you do not know what is the case against you.
Iswaran back at court, tries to compel prosecution to hand over statements of all 56 witnesses
https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/i...ecution-hand-over-statements-all-56-witnesses
Former transport minister S. Iswaran, who faces 35 charges, on July 5 tried to compel the prosecution to provide conditioned statements for all 56 prosecution witnesses.
A conditioned statement is a mode of giving evidence by written statement, rather than by oral testimony.
Iswaran, whose charges involve more than $400,000 worth of items, arrived at the High Court with his defence team at around 9.30am.
The prosecution team argued they had provided a list of the 56 witnesses and their roles in the case, and are not obliged to provide the conditioned statements of these witnesses.
One of the seven prosecution witnesses named in court documents was Iswaran’s wife, Taylor Kay Mary.
The prosecution said she had seven statements recorded by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau during investigations.