Pritam Singh's trial adjourned till Feb. 2025 as questioning of witnesses concludes

The verdict for the trial of Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh could be issued in February 2025.

The 13th day of the trial saw Singh take the stand once more on Nov. 8 to defend his handling of the lie told by former Workers' Party (WP) member of parliament (MP) Raeesah Khan.

The trial was originally slated to run for 16 days, till Wednesday (Nov. 13).

The prosecution, led by Deputy Attorney-General Ang Cheng Hock, wrapped up their cross examination of Singh by lunch.

Defence lawyer Andre Jumabhoy completed a short re-examination of Singh after lunch.

Court adjourned till Feb. 17, 2025

After the judge asked if both parties wanted to continue the proceedings in open court, the prosecution and defence said they agreed on another round of submissions.

It was agreed that the parties will have until Jan. 13, 2025, to file their closing submissions, and till Jan. 31, 2025, to file replies.

Court was adjourned till 9:30am on Feb. 17, 2025.

Deputy Principal District Judge Luke Tan is expected to hand down the verdict for Singh's case after reviewing the closing submissions and replies.

Leaving the court, Singh spoke briefly to the media about his plans for a short break with his family, and to spend more time visiting his constituents in Eunos.

He also thanked his supporters.

Top image by Reuben Nathan