Singapore ’s highest court has upheld a S$14,000 (US$10,800) fine imposed on opposition leader Pritam Singh for lying to a parliamentary committee.
In February, the Workers’ Party (WP) chief was found guilty on two counts of giving false testimony to a committee investigating a lie told by Raeesah Khan, a former member of parliament for the party.
Singh, who pleaded not guilty, received the maximum fine of S$7,000 for each charge following a 13-day trial.
The 49-year-old appealed against his conviction before Justice Steven Chong last month.
On Thursday morning, Singh arrived at the Supreme Court to hear the verdict before a packed courtroom that included WP MPs Gerald Giam and Fadli Fawzi.
In dismissing the appeal, Justice Chong found that Singh “did not hold” any intention for Khan to come clean about her falsehood for at least two months between the time he had learned of the lie and when it was decided she should come clean.
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