Woman appears in High Court with non-stop speech

[SwineHunter]

Woman appears in High Court with non-stop speech
Posted: 19 August 2010 1458 hrs
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Singapore: A woman fighting a 6-year-old case against the Government for wrongful dismissal, caused drama in the High Court when she launched into a speech and continually disobeyed the judge to stop.

Former civil servant, Linda Lai Swee Lin, is hoping to get her old job back in the Land Office.

Appearing in court Thursday, she read out a prepared one-page statement, ignoring a clearly-irritated Justice Lai Siu Chiu who warned her several times to stop.

The judge also warned of contempt of court charges to Lai who continued reading even as other witnesses took their oaths in the witness stand.

Police officers had to be called in to remind the woman to remain silent.

She eventually did, but not for long.

The hearing continues on Friday.

-CNA/sf

 

[Teo Kok Eng]

This is what a real siao :(