Judge informs that Iskander Tang has been placed under detention!

Monday, April 06, 2009

• [OFFICIAL]Judge informs that Iskander Tang has been placed under detention!

  Statement on Court Appearance 01/04/09

  I was required to attend court on the 01/04/09 for Pre-Trial Conference,it was scheduled at Court 3 for 10am.

  The hearing was conducted in chambers.The judge and i had a close discussion about the alleged shoplifting case,the police death threats case and my video interview.

  During this discussion,the judge,the Honorable Mr Ng Peng Hong had this to say about my video interview,"You were supposed to ignite a bomb,but you defused it instead."

  After i stated that my instructions from my lawyer was to claim trial and see the evidence the police have against me,the Judge had this to say,"Maybe you should just plead guilty.What your lawyer want may not be what you want."

  After i made repeated requests for SSGT Iskander Tang of CID Bomb Investigation Squad to appear as a witness,the Judge had this to say,"I cannot allow you to call on Iskander Tang as a witness because he has been placed under detention.Since he's under detention,how to get him out as a witness?"

  At this point,i made a request of the Judge,i requested that the Deputy Public Prosecutor(DPP)was NOT allowed to withdraw the charges and that this case must go to trial and that i would be calling upon Mr Iskander Tang as a witness.The DPP's face turned ashen,he mumbled something and the Judge granted me the request.

  The Judge also announced that the case was adjourned for me to get my lawyer to attend court together with me,next court appearance was to be on the 07/04/09 for PTC.

  As i walked out of chambers,i noticed that there were 2 other persons in addition to the 2 court clerks.The 2 new persons were a male and female,both dress in white/light peach coloured attire.

  The minute i stepped out of the door,the female went,"Great,now we've got him.Prepare the documents and hand him over to us."

  I was thinking,"Huh?WTF?!"

  The female court clerk went,"Didn't you hear?The case has been adjourned."

  The male court clerk went,"He has a lawyer,the case has been adjourned.You guys are not going to get him."

  I wonder who and where these 2 persons are from,and how they know the "verdict" before the Judge made any ruling.

  As i left the court room,IO Makmur,who is in charge of the shoplifting case,beckoned me over.He had a chinese colleage with him,i do not know his name.They asked me various questions about the cases.

  When we reached the outside of the Sub Courts,i enquired the chinese officer as to whether Iskander Tang was really under detention,he affirmed that it was so.IO Makmur asked me what i was going to do,and i said the same thing as i did to the Judge & the DPP,that i wanted to go to trial & that i wanted to call upon Iskander Tang as a witness.

  The chinese officer seemed overcome with emotion at this,as he closed his eyes tightly and visibly shook.

  IO Makmur turned and looked me in the face,"You think you can get him out of detention?"

  I said to him,"I don't know what the current culture in the SPF is,but where i come from,we don't leave our people behind."

  IO Makmur,"Oh,so he's your people ah?"

  I said,"Whoa,don't get me wrong.We are not together in some conspiracy against the state of Singapore.What i am trying to say is,metaphorically speaking,Iskander took a bullet for me and for the thousands of netizens out there.So it is not right for us to leave him behind.Maybe you feel that Iskander has betrayed the SPF and deserve to be punished,but i feel that maybe he feels he is doing his duty,which is protecting innocent citizens of Singapore."

  We parted ways.

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