Cases Prosecuted under the Prevention of Corruption Act

Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Prime Minister whether and when cases prosecuted under the Prevention of Corruption Act will be brought within the criminal case disclosure procedures under Part IX of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Mr Lee Hsien Loong: Under Part IX of the Criminal Procedure Code, certain listed offences are subjected to the criminal case disclosure regime. Offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act are not within this list of offences. CPIB is currently monitoring how the disclosure procedures operate in respect of those offences investigated by CPIB that are within the list of offences subjected to criminal case disclosure.

This matter was raised earlier this year during the COS debate, by the hon Member Ms Sylvia Lim. This House was updated that the Government will monitor how well the criminal case disclosure regime works before expanding it to deal with additional offences or categories of offences, such as those in the Prevention of Corruption Act. This process is still ongoing, not just in respect of the Prevention of Corruption Act, but also other offences investigated by other agencies.