Holiday* - Madonna

Some people had a free all-expense paid holiday! How nice!!!

Guess who paid for the holiday? Why you, me and every law-abiding -tax-paying citizen of this country!!!!

The Star reports it in an innocuous sounding article entitled "Eric Chia's trial to resume on Monday". Many would not know and/or remember what the case is all about - for the trial had been postponed for almost 2 years!

So what happenned? Basically, our top lawyers for the government decided that they had to travel to Hong Kong to record evidence from key witnesses for their case against Eric Chia. One wonders what they were doing there as they fouled-up big time - the Sessions Court ruled that ALL the evidence collected and recorded could not be admitted in the trial!!!!! Yesterday, 5 judges of the highest court in the land affirmed the Sessions Court's decision.

Maybe it's because of all the flak that the prosecution have been receiving in the past weeks but i'm surprised at how some of the local papers seem almost afraid to criticise the prosecution team lead by none other than the Attorney general himself.

They deserve such criticism - if you are interested, kindly refer to my old post here where i blogged about it in 2005 and listed out how the prosecution team messed up - mistakes that i would expect a junior lawyer not to make.

So the outcome? 2 years of judicial time wasted, a free vacation in Hong Kong and now, some are saying that without the evidence, the prosecution faces an uphill task to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt.

I hope that for their own sake, the lawyers in the AG's chambers better buck-up and ensure that prosecutions are conducted competently - because with all the bad press they are receiving lately, the public's confidence in them is slowly being erroded.

*The song that is considered as Madonna's first true hit and one of her signature songs.