SUBPLOT FROM THE KANGAROO HILL SHOWDOWN

Discord among defendants
By Jeremy Au Yong, Political Correspondent

THERE were disagreements in court on Friday as the first prosecution witness took the stand in the ongoing trial of 17 people charged with taking part in an illegal assembly outside Parliament House on Mar 15.

However, this came from among defendants themselves, as they could not see eye-to-eye on a number of matters.

Chief among these was the line of questioning of police photographer Nor Hidah Ali Jinnah, the witness.

At one point, lawyer Chia Ti Lik, a defendant, interrupted fellow defendant Yap Keng Ho's cross-examination to say: 'Your Honour, I do not see the relevance of this line of questioning. And I wonder why the DPP (Deputy Public Prosecutor) has not objected.'

Yap had been questioning the police photographer on the type of flash she used to take pictures of the scene. He said it was to establish the authenticity of the photos.

Staff Sergeant Nor Hidah had been tasked to take pictures of the area where the assembly and procession had allegedly taken place, to establish the setting.

Half an hour of questions from Yap delving into technical details of her camera equipment made his co-defendants lose patience.

Read the full story in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.

the lost skill of CRAZY DRAGON 18 DEADLY BLOW must be executed with precision. only 18 DEADLY BLOWS. excess 1 or less 2 and the whole stance crumbled. all involved executing the feat would suffer irreconciable internal injuries.

chia sai only aggravated the situation. what they need most now is the illusive M$PILL or MONEYDOLLAR-PILLS; legal fees payable to private lawyers not included.

speaking about "leegal fees". would it be cheaper to pay the fines or the lawyers?

they have chosen to stand trial which means the cheapest of all would be to go to JAIL

uncle yap was always seen in activism event with chee. obviously it would be hard to shake off that impression.

by the way, SDP all along have uncleyap first way before chia and his looney F4 gang. accordingly, uncleyap is more senior in status and his past efforts to SDP should be appreciated.

why the discord is happening now? strangely, if we recall another clan WP, there was discord there too in the past. now, who could be the missing link here?