The  Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) on Friday issued a clarification  on  an assertion in the statement from the estate of Mr Lee.
"The  statement is incorrect in saying that the High Court decision that  the  estate holds a limited copyright to the oral history transcripts  was a  'key point' that the Government had 'disagreed with' the estate  on,"  said the AGC.
"On the contrary, the Government agreed  that the estate had a limited  copyright to the transcript under the  interview agreement between Mr  Lee Kuan Yew and the Government. In fact,  the High Court’s finding that  the estate held a copyright, 'but only  for the purpose of ensuring the  Government’s compliance with the terms'  of the agreement, is identical  with the argument that the  Attorney-General submitted to the court on  behalf of the Government on  Jul 14, 2016," it said.                 
I think Rajah and Tann, the estate's lawyers, should have fought on the point that the transcripts were not covered under the OSA, as there was no govt agency that had classified it as a secret and that there was no written agreement between Old Fart and the oral history department that they were secret. As such, they need not be in govt custody, and that the judge has over stepped his boundary by ruling they were secrets under the OSA.  Hence, the docs should be released to the estate.