SINGAPORE — James Raj Arokiasamy, who is accused of hacking into Ang Mo Kio’s Town Council’s website under the moniker “The Messiah”, has been declared mentally sound and fit to stand trial, according to a psychiatric report submitted by the Institute of Mental Health to the district court today (Nov 26).

Raj was send for psychiatric evaluation on Nov 12 after his arrest, when he allegedly told the police that he is taking medication for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and also suffers from depression.

Defence counsel M Ravi also asked the district court this afternoon to “restrain” Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong from making further comments about hackers and the way the court deals with them, citing media reports yesterday.

Mr Ravi clarified that he is not alleging that Mr Lee was interfering with the judiciary but urged the court to restrain Mr Lee from speaking further about hacking.

District Judge Kesseler Soh, however, said that Mr Lee’s comments were about hacking in “general”, while Deputy Public Prosecutor Tang Shangjun said that the Mr Ravi’s statements were “uncalled for” and “do not relate to this matter”.

The case will be mentioned again on Dec 3.