Iswaran back at court, tries to compel prosecution to hand over statements of all 56 witnesses
Former transport minister S. Iswaran, who faces 35 charges, on July 5 tried to compel the prosecution to provide conditioned statements for all 56 prosecution witnesses.
A conditioned statement is a mode of giving evidence by written statement, rather than by oral testimony.
Iswaran, whose charges involve more than $400,000 worth of items, arrived at the High Court with his defence team at around 9.30am.
The prosecution team argued they had provided a list of the 56 witnesses and their roles in the case, and are not obliged to provide the conditioned statements of these witnesses.
One of the seven prosecution witnesses named in court documents was Iswaran’s wife, Taylor Kay Mary.
The prosecution said she had seven statements recorded by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau during investigations.
Of the 35 charges Iswaran faces, 27 relate to hotel and property tycoon Ong Beng Seng.
Eight charges relate to Mr David Lum Kok Seng, the managing director of mainboard-listed Lum Chang Holdings.