‘I don’t see a contradiction, let alone a material contradiction’: Judge Tan
Deputy Principal District Judge Luke Tan reads the agreed statement of facts (SOF), and tells the counsels that he tends to agree with the prosecution that Ms Raeesah Khan’s response to the question on why she did not tell the truth could not be read in isolation as there is a lead-up to it.
He says he does not think there is a dispute that a discussion was made on Oct 3, as the SOF states Pritam Singh had visited Ms Khan at her home.
He adds that it seems Ms Khan was confronted specifically by Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam and that prompted her to send the message to Singh.
Judge Tan notes that it could be argued that Ms Khan’s response is consistent with what she said Singh had told her earlier.
“I do not see a contradiction, let alone a material contradiction,” he says.