Tang's lawyers seeking to quit

Tang's lawyers seeking to quit

SINGAPORE (AFP): Two lawyers representing Singapore's opposition figure Tang Liang Hong in his legal battle with the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) have sought court permission to stop acting as his counsel, a report said yesterday.

The lawyers' decision to pull out followed a statement by Tang in the Straits Times daily on Wednesday that he was disappointed by their failure to file his affidavit in a case against Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew.

The Straits Times reported in a front-page article yesterday that Peter Low and Loo Ngan Chor felt it would be impossible for them to remain as Tang's lawyers after the statement he made about them in an interview with the daily.

Their application to stop acting for the 63-year-old Tang, who fled Singapore after losing in the January election by a close margin, will be heard in court today, three days before another key hearing involving Tang.