SINGAPORE - The country's highest court said on Thursday that the Singapore Prison Service is not allowed to forward copies of inmates' documents to the Attorney-General's Chambers .
In addition to their court applications, one of the inmates also complained that their correspondence with their lawyers and families had been"illegally copied and forwarded" by prison officials to the AGC, which is the opposing party in the case. However, the regulations do not go so far as to permit the SPS to forward the copies, said the three-judge court.
But it added:"By virtue of the AGC's role as legal adviser to the SPS, it may have access to information that other counsel might not, and it must therefore exercise due caution to avoid the possibility of a mistaken impression that it seeks an undue advantage." The pair, represented by lawyer M. Ravi, applied to the High Court for an order to stay their executions and an order to grant immunity to a former prison officer who had given the information to LFL.
The AGC argued that the reservation of rights was common legal parlance, and that the AG was keeping all options open, including the option of seeking costs personally against Mr Ravi.Upholding the lower court decision, the Court of Appeal said there was no factual basis to stay the executions as the pair had not produced reliable evidence to support their claims about the execution methods.
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