Day 1 Of The AHTC Trial Supporters of the Workers’ Party (WP) have a tough few weeks ahead for them. 3 of the party’s top MPs are facing a lawsuit in what is set to be the most high-profile political case in a while. The Aljunied Hougang Town Council (AHTC) has brought the lawsuit against them at the direction of an independent panel. The defendants are: Mr Pritam Singh Mr Low Thia Khiang Ms Sylvia Lim Town councillor Kenneth Foo Town councillor Chua Zhi Hon Managing agent How Weng Fan Here are 4 things that went down on the first day of the trial, which began on Friday (5 Oct). 1. The allegations Senior counsel Davinder Singh accused WP MPs of creating a system that did not respect checks and balances. Mr D Singh alleged that this system was created unnecessarily. The WP has maintained that it had to appoint FM Solutions & Services (FMSS) as the managing agent of AHTC immediately after winning Aljunied GRC in May 2011. Ms Lim told residents, A tender was not called for MA services only for the one year period from July 2011 to July 2012 when urgent taking over work was needed. […]
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