I was hoping that Ms Lim would be fair

By Benson Ang The New Paper Thursday, Aug 16, 2012

It was a battle of the lawyers in Parliament on Monday.

In one corner was Law Minister K. Shanmugam (above).

In the other was Ms Sylvia Lim, a Member of Parliament for Aljunied GRC.

They went head-to-head regarding the recent conviction of plastic surgeon Woffles Wu.

During their heated exchange, Ms Lim was accused of avoiding a question that Mr Shanmugam asked three times.

Workers' Party chief Low Thia Kiang asked if Mr Shanmugam was trying to intimidate Ms Lim.

And because of voices joining in from the rest of the house, Mr Shanmugam asked if he could finish without being interrupted.

It all began the usual way. Ms Lim had asked, among other things, if an Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) statement in June, explaining the choice of charge against Dr Wu, has addressed public concerns about the equitability of the legal system.

Mr Shanmugam rose to speak.

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I was hoping that Ms Lim would be fair