Bus driver, timekeeper to testify at Little India riot public inquiry
SINGAPORE — Some key eyewitnesses will be providing evidence at the public hearing for the Committee of Inquiry on the Little India riot, Channel NewsAsia understands. The public hearing starts tomorrow (Feb 19).
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SINGAPORE — Some key eyewitnesses will be providing evidence at the public hearing for the Committee of Inquiry on the Little India riot, Channel NewsAsia understands. The public hearing starts tomorrow (Feb 19).
The eyewitnesses include 55-year-old Mr Lee Kim Huat, the bus driver involved in the fatal accident at Little India, and 38-year-old Madam Wong Geck Woon, the time-keeper on the bus.
The public hearing is expected to last at least four weeks.
The committee’s terms of reference includes establishing the circumstances that led to the riot and considering whether current measures to manage such incidents, where foreign workers congregate, are adequate.
The committee said its job is not to determine civil or criminal liability. However, this will not stop it from making recommendations based on what investigations uncover. CHANNEL NEWSASIA
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