SINGAPORE: The defendants in a trial over the alleged misuse of town council funds had used the hard-earned money of residents to, claimed lawyer Davinder Singh in his oral submissions for the Aljunied-Hougang Town Council trial on Tuesday .
Senior Counsel Davinder Singh, who represents PRPTC in its claims to recover losses allegedly incurred when Punggol East constituency was under WP-managed Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council , told the court that the defendants “must account to the fullest extent required by law” as the country must know that the system works and works honestly, “or else there will be consequences”.“What emerges is a very disturbing picture of political opportunism,” he said.
He added that it was “hugely disappointing that despite so many opportunities to come clean, the defendants remain unremorseful”.Lawyer David Chan, who represents AHTC, also referred to politically linked collateral motives he claims WP stalwarts Ms Lim and Mr Low had. “Would errors or omissions or slips and wrong decisions made, or wrong actions taken unintentionally that were not in the interest of the residents alone amount to breach of fiduciary duties with the consequences contemplated by the plaintiffs?”Senior Counsel Chelva Retnam Rajah, who represents the three WP MPs and town councillors in the civil lawsuits, pointed out that according to KPMG's report - one of two audit reports which the lawsuits rest on - only S$15,710 of the sum of S$33.
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