Judge clears way for DPP to reinstate fraud case against Minister Lee

Hous­ing Min­is­ter David Lee has lost his chal­lenge over the method used by the Of­fice of the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions (DPP) to re­in­state fraud charges re­lat­ed to his ve­hi­cle tax ex­emp­tion as a Par­lia­men­tar­i­an.

De­liv­er­ing a judg­ment on Wednes­day, High Court Judge West­min James re­ject­ed Lee's ju­di­cial re­view and con­sti­tu­tion­al claim against the DPP's Of­fice and the Of­fice of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al.

The civ­il law­suit re­lat­ed to a crim­i­nal case brought against Lee and busi­ness­man Hugh Leong Poi in Sep­tem­ber 2022.