THE ARGUMENTS ABOUT MS KHAN SEEM FURIOUS ON 3 OCT

Mr Ang, who is senior counsel, took Singh through a series of questions suggesting to Singh that he had answered dishonestly.

He referred Singh to a meeting he had with Ms Khan on October 3, 2021 – the day before she repeated her lie in parliament.

Singh previously testified that he told Ms Khan to take responsibility and accountability if the issue came up in parliament, meaning she would have to tell the truth.

“That was followed by ‘I wouldn’t judge you’?” Correct?” Mr Ang asked in court, to which Singh agreed.

Singh also agreed that Ms Khan seemed relieved and understood what Singh said.

Mr Ang then referred Singh to an email he sent to WP MPs on 1 October 2021 where he spoke about the importance of substantiating what was said in parliament or risk being hauled before a COP.

Mr Ang pointed out that Ms Khan probably knew she could be sent to the COP and expressed disbelief that Ms Khan would appear relieved in such a context.

“The October 1 email was fresh in her mind,” Mr Ang said, and Singh agreed.

“You tell her to tell the truth, and tomorrow she’ll be clean… She knows she’s going to COP, so she looks visibly relieved? “Thank God I’m Going to COP”?” exclaimed Mr. Ang.

Singh disagreed, noting that Mr Ang omitted what happened after Singh told Ms Khan to take responsibility and accountability.

“He looked uncomfortable (and) in that context I told him, ‘I wouldn’t judge you.’ After I told her she seemed a little relieved. I understood that he understood what I was saying,” Singh said.

Looking incredulous, Mr Ang asked: “You want us to believe that you basically told her to admit the untruth, expose herself to the COP proceedings and she was visibly relieved? Is that your proof?”.

Singh said that was what Mr Ang was arguing.

Mr Ang then continued: “It’s not true Mr Singh that you told her ‘go ahead with the narrative, I won’t judge you’ and she was relieved because she knew then that she didn’t have to admit a lie in parliament and she wasn’t exposed, (or) sent to COP, right?

Singh denied this.

Asked by Senior Deputy District Judge Luke Tan to clarify what she meant by ‘I will not judge you’, Singh said: ‘She told a lie and tends to form negative opinions about people who lie… ( but) if (Ms. Khan clarifies) the matter by telling the truth, I would not judge (her) for lying.”

“You mean you won’t form a negative opinion of her?” Judge Tan asked. Singh agreed to this.