Loh Pei Ying wanted to find other stories to support Raeesah’s anecdote
Mr Andre Jumabhoy references an exchange between Ms Loh Pei Ying and Ms Raeesah Khan on Oct 7, 2021, three days after Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugan pressed Ms Khan about her anecdote in Parliament.
Mr Jumabhoy reads a message by Ms Loh to Ms Khan: “You might want to gather some cases of people who are willing to tell their stories to you and present that instead.”
The defence lawyer suggests that Ms Loh had asked Ms Khan to cover her lie with other stories, and “obstruct an investigation”.
Ms Loh replies that she was trying to help Ms Khan prove her point – that sexual assault victims suffer victim-blaming – by finding other stories that fit the bill.
This was a “grey area to operate”, and would allow Ms Khan to “avoid lying again but still address her original point in Parliament”, says Ms Loh.
Mr Jumabhoy asks Ms Loh to clarify what “grey area” means.
Ms Loh replies: “The grey area between not lying any more but still supporting police investigations.”
Judge asks: “Police investigations into what, by using these other analogies?”
Ms Loh responds: “Supporting police investigations into the fact that police can make sexual assault victims uncomfortable.”
Judge asks: “So not the police investigations into her anecdotes?”
Ms Loh says: “That’s right.”