2. Prosecution: Singh lied to COP that he did not know Loh Pei Ying would testify

Mr Ang suggested to Singh that he had lied to the Committee on Privileges (COP) when he said he did not know that Ms Khan’s former adviser Loh Pei Ying would testify.

Singh disagreed.

He said the day before in court that he was inaccurate in what the COP said and that he had in fact known since Nov 29, 2021 that Ms Loh would testify, days before the COP began proceedings on Dec 2. .

The prosecution had earlier argued that because Singh knew Ms Loh and Ms Khan would testify, he chose November 30, 2021 to hold a press conference about Ms Khan’s lies. The press conference was held on December 2, the same day the COP began proceedings.

On November 8, 2024, Mr Ang said: “You told the court that in fact, ‘I knew that on November 29, 2021, I knew that Ms Loh would testify before the COP,’ you told the court that yesterday, right?”

Singh replied, “Yes. Later I came to find out.”

Mr Ang then asked him what his position was, to which Singh said: “I think the final position is quite clear. I didn’t remember the series of messages that Peiying and Mike were informed about…

“I think I was in my 7th or 8th hour at the COP. I forgot that detail. I have no difficulty in sharing with this court that it was an omission on my part.”

Mr Mike Lim is another WP cadre who texted Singh on 29 November 2021 to say that Ms Khan and Ms Loh had been called to give evidence to the COP.

Mr Ang continued to press Singh when he knew Ms Loh was testifying. “I’ve been asking you since November 29, 2021.”

Singh replied, “See, Mr. Ang, I have already answered…

“I got, as you can see from the police statement, I got the message, I’m not going to deny that.”