SINGAPORE - There were good reasons and sufficient evidence to charge Ms Parti Liyani for theft, and police investigators and prosecutors had assessed that she was untruthful, Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam said on Wednesday .
Mr Shanmugam noted that the question on whether a powerful man worked the system to his advantage, whether the police and Attorney-General's Chambers unfairly prosecuted Ms Parti because of the complainant, whether she got a fair trial and whether there was one law for the wealthy and another for others, was of central importance to Singapore, and said his statement would address these points.
In his statement, the minister recounted the facts of the case which were heard in court, and told MPs that when she was arrested on her return to Singapore on Dec 2, 2016, some items were found on her, including two Longchamp bags, two watches and two white iPhone 4s. Putting together Ms Parti's apparent inconsistencies, her questionable claims about finding expensive items in the trash, and her own admission to taking the male clothing, the AGC's view was that there was a case to prosecute, said the minister.
"It appeared that Ms Parti had stolen many items, including seemingly expensive items. It appeared she had been stealing for years, and it was not impulsive, spur-of-the-moment decisions," he added. More on this topic The trial judge noted that Ms Parti said different things in her statement, compared with her testimony in court, which sometimes changed under cross-examination.For example, Ms Parti said that she picked up two phones from a rubbish bag. The phones, which were iPhone 4 models, were about six years old at the time.
For what reason does the AGC listen to the police for? The police are not lawyers. On paper, the police are macho macho men. On video, the police are a group of fat idiots that can taze a man who still gets up and outruns them all. Obviously, bungled from the start.
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