Clarification by Minister of State for Home Affairs

12.29 pm

The Minister of State for Home Affairs (Ms Sun Xueling): Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for allowing me to make a clarification.

In response to Mr Louis Ng's supplementary question in Parliament on 21 April 2023, I had mentioned that there may be extenuating circumstances which necessitate the Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) to exercise discretion not to activate an Appropriate Adult (AA) though it has not happened in the past five years.

I should clarify that we do not track the number of instances which necessitate the LEAs to exercise discretion not to activate an AA but these fall into the category of extenuating circumstances as I had mentioned in my main reply. In such instances, authorisation for a statement to be recorded in the absence of an AA is required to be sought from an investigation supervisor. The reason for this is required to be documented in writing. Thank you.

Mr Deputy Speaker: Order. End of clarification. Ministerial Statement. The Minister for Transport.