Apex court finds WP’s Sylvia Lim, Low Thia Khiang liable for control failures in AHTC, but not Pritam

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The WP chief was not given the chance to defend himself against this claim, the Court of Appeal said. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Friday’s judgment focused on two specific issues: the liability of the senior WP leaders in implementing the payment process which led to the misuse of AHTC’s funds, and the liability of Ms Lim towards AHTC in awarding a contract to electrical engineering firm Red-Power.

In both issues, the Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council , whose lawsuit was heard together with AHTC’s lawsuit, had pleaded its case against the three WP senior leaders. In finding Ms Lim and Mr Low liable for implementing the payment processes, the court found that AHTC did plead the material facts of the claim.

To support its argument, AHTC had cited evidence during the trial to prove its case and made closing submissions about the issue, the court found.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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