Wednesday’s hearing began after a lengthy delay due to technical difficulties.
Su, who appeared in court via video link from hospital, could not hear the Mandarin interpreter who was speaking to him from the court, and it took several people multiple tries at the hospital’s end to get the connection up and running.
The hearing was originally fixed for a bail review sought by the defence, but this did not proceed because the prosecution asked for more time as the defence had provided its submissions only on Wednesday morning.
The prosecution needed time to review the documents and to decide if any affidavits needed to be filed in response.
In particular, Deputy Public Prosecutor R Arvindren said the defence’s allegation that the prison’s Complex Medical Centre needlessly “gambles” with Su’s life is a serious accusation.
The defence had said in their written submissions that the Complex Medical Centre does not have the medication required by Su and does not provide adequate care to him.
Mr Arvindren said it was clear that the prosecution needed to file affidavits from at least the Singapore Prison Service to clarify the allegations raised against them.
Mr Sudheesan asked for the bail review to go ahead, saying he was proposing 24-hour surveillance by Certis Cisco or AETOS, to have an officer stationed with his client “all the way”.
This would be at his client’s own cost, he said, adding that the bail conditions he was proposing would “absolutely destroy any sort of flight risk”.
He also invited the prosecutor to tell him how Su could run with all these conditions in place.
The prosecutor then maintained that the Complex Medical Centre and prison service should be given the opportunity to respond to the allegations made in the defence submissions.
The judge adjourned the bail review hearing to Dec 15.