These included relevant legal proceedings. The Court of Appeal overturned all other findings by the trial judge, who had previously found all three WP leaders liable and cast "serious doubt" on their integrity.įollowing the Workers' Party's victory in Sengkang at the 2020 General Election, assets and liabilities relating to the area under Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council (PRPTC) which had been absorbed into Sengkang GRC were transferred to Sengkang Town Council. This was after she failed to prove that she had acted in good faith by choosing not to renew existing contracts at significantly cheaper rates. The court also upheld that Ms Lim is liable to Sengkang Town Council for negligence in causing AHTC to award a new contract to Red-Power Electrical Engineering. These failures stemmed from the involvement of conflicted parties - managing agents working for AHTC who also held positions in AHTC - and the absence of safeguards, which created an inherent risk of overpayment. On top of these fresh findings released on Friday (Jul 7), the Apex Court reaffirmed that the town councillors and employees are liable to Sengkang Town Council for negligence in allowing control failures to exist in the system. This is the latest update on a long-running civil trial over the alleged misuse of S$33.7 million (US$25 million) of town council funds by the WP leaders and other town councillors who helmed AHTC at the time.
SINGAPORE: The Court of Appeal has found Workers' Party leader Sylvia Lim and former party secretary-general Low Thia Khiang liable for negligence in the Aljunied-Hougang Town Council (AHTC) payments process, but cleared WP chief Pritam Singh over this issue.
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