SINGAPORE: A entrepreneur implicated in a fraud case linked to a federal task in Indonesia will continue to be remanded in Singapore pending a medical record from the prison.
Businessman Paulus Tannos is a suspect in a bone scenario linked to the Indonesian government’s electronic ID card initiative, which is said to have caused the state about 2.3 trillion ringgit ( US$ 140 million ) in costs.
The court heard on Thursday ( Mar 13 ) that Tannos ‘ lawyer has submitted a bail application along with supporting documents detailing Tannos ‘ medical condition.
Tannos, who even goes by the name Tjhin Thian Po, has been living in Singapore since 2017. He is a permanent resident these and holds a political card from West African nation Guinea-Bissau.
He was first remanded without bail after he was arrested by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau on Jan 17, pending the obedience of a formal demand for his abduction by Indonesia.
Singapore received the official plea on Feb 24, along with the appropriate documents, which the government are reviewing.
Tannos ‘ court mention on Thursday comes three days after the Singapore officials said they were working to speed Indonesia’s extradition demand for Tannos.  ,
Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said during a press conference that the Singapore would do anything it can to speed the problem, and that how quickly the situation proceeded depended on the claims by Tannos and his attorneys, and elements such as available judge times.  ,
Tannos ‘ event is the first under a new extradition treaty between Singapore and Indonesia, which was signed in January 2022 and came into force in March next year.
Heath Issues
Tannos appeared in court via videolink for his notice wearing a white sweater and looking slim and weak.
State Counsel Sarah Siaw told the judge that the position had received the loan application filed by Tannos ‘ prosecutor on Tuesday evening, after the date had passed.  ,
Mr Siaw told the judge that the express had also received an oath with health reviews and documents from the army. She asked to report a reply petition by Apr 17.  ,
She said that the defence’s oath made scientific arguments that the state needed prison ‘ type in.  ,
” We checked with the government and they told us they need four to five weeks to produce a detailed clinical statement”, she added.  ,
Tannos’s prosecutor said in comment that the processing of the program had been soon as his customer had been taken to Changi General Hospital after he complained of neck pains.  ,
There was then a blackout of information about his condition for 24 to 48 hours, the lawyer added.  ,
He added that he has applied for his client’s medical reports from the hospital, but objected to the long period needed to prepare the reply affidavit.  ,
” We are asking for bail at first relief, if bail is refused to keep him in the hospital. There is no denial that he had medical issues in all the medical reports that I produced”, the lawyer said. Tannos ‘ health condition was not specified in court.
Addressing Tannos through an interpreter, the judge said that he was required by law to ask Tannos if he wished to consent to surrender to a foreign state.  ,
Tannos replied in English:” I do not want to go back to Indonesia, your Honour”.
After he was reminded to speak through the interpreter, he said that he was” not willing to return to Indonesia authority”.  ,
His next court hearing has been fixed for Mar 19, with the State Counsel due to update the court about its filing of the reply affidavit then.  ,
Tannos will remain in remand in the meantime.  ,
Mr Shanmugam had said that Tannos can be extradited in six months or less if he does not contest his extradition. But the process could take up to two years should it be contested at every step of the way.