VANG SHUIMING v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

[2023] SGHC 248 High Court (General Division) 5 September 2023 HC/CR 4/2023

6 cases cited Cited by 1 case

Key facts

Court	High Court (General Division)
Decided	5 September 2023
Judge	Vincent Hoong
Charges / claim	Criminal Procedure and Sentencing
Counsel	Attorney-General's Chambers, Drew & Napier LLC, Andrew Chua Ruiming, David Koh, Kang Jia Hui, Ng Yiwen, Wong Hin Pkin Wendell, Yang Xinyan

Source: [2023] SGHC 248, High Court (General Division), decided 5 September 2023 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

Catchwords

Criminal Procedure and Sentencing — Bail Criminal Procedure and Sentencing — Revision of proceedings

Practice Areas

Criminal Procedure and Sentencing

Judges (1)

Vincent Hoong Delivered

Counsel (8)

Attorney-General's Chambers Firm Drew & Napier LLC Firm Andrew Chua Ruiming Counsel for the applicant David Koh Counsel for the respondent

Kang Jia Hui Counsel for the respondent

Ng Yiwen Counsel for the respondent Wong Hin Pkin Wendell Counsel for the applicant

Yang Xinyan Counsel for the applicant

Parties (2)

Public Prosecutor Respondent

Vang Shuiming Applicant

Case Significance

Vang Shuiming v Public Prosecutor [2023] SGHC 248 is an ex tempore judgment of Vincent Hoong J in the General Division of the High Court, delivered on 5 September 2023 in Criminal Revision No 4 of 2023. The applicant, Mr Vang Shuiming, was arrested on 15 August 2023 as part of a large-scale investigation into money-laundering and forgery offences involving numerous suspects, and had been remanded by orders of a District Court since 16 August 2023, with one charge under s 471 punishable under s 465 of the Penal Code tendered against him. Invoking the High Court's revisionary powers, he sought to revoke the remand orders and be granted bail, and to revoke and substitute the order governing his access to counsel; the judgment addresses these criminal revision and bail matters.

Summary

Vang Shuiming, arrested as part of a large-scale money-laundering and forgery investigation and remanded on a charge under s 471 of the Penal Code, applied to the High Court in a criminal revision to revoke the District Court's remand orders and be granted bail, and to vary orders on his access to counsel. The court held the high threshold of serious injustice required to exercise its revisionary powers under s 401 of the Criminal Procedure Code was not met, as the District Court's orders were not shown to be wrong. The application was dismissed.

What was Vang Shuiming v Public Prosecutor [2023] SGHC 248 about?

It was a criminal revision before Vincent Hoong J in which Vang Shuiming, arrested on 15 August 2023 in a large-scale money-laundering and forgery investigation, sought to revoke his District Court remand orders and be granted bail, decided on 5 September 2023.

What relief did the applicant seek in [2023] SGHC 248?

Vang Shuiming invoked the High Court's revisionary powers to revoke the District Court orders remanding him since 16 August 2023 and substitute an order granting bail, and to revoke and substitute the order governing his access to counsel.