Request by Wijaya family to switch lawyer
Request rejected by state coroner. -ST
Thu, Jun 25, 2009
The Straits Times
FOR the second time, the family of David Hartanto Widjaja submitted a letter to the State Coroner Victor Yeo requesting a suspension of the proceedings of the inquiry into their son's death.
Last Wednesday, the family had called for a suspension requesting for nine additional names to be called to the stand as witnesses.
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This time however, they requested that their Singapore lawyer Mr Shashi Nathan be replaced by criminal lawyer Subhas Anandan.
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