SINGAPORE - A lawyer, who made the rare move of opposing a trainee's bid to be called to the Bar, is being investigated by the police for giving false evidence, the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) said on Thursday (May 6). The investigations include a possible offence by Mr Tan Jeh Yaw for falsely declaring to the Singapore Institute of Legal Education that he was qualified to supervise trainees during their practice training stint. The development came after High Court judge Choo Han Teck, in written grounds of decision in April, flagged several issues that arose from an application by Mr Kuoh Hao Teng to be admitted to the Bar. Mr Tan, who had supervised Mr Kuoh's six-month training stint at his firm, had made the unusual move of objecting to the trainee's application for admission to the Bar. He claimed Mr Kuoh played computer games and watched movies during office hours and did not complete the work assigned to him - allegations the trainee denied. Mr Tan's objections continued when Mr Kuoh submitted a fresh application after completing a second training stint under the supervision of another lawyer, who gave him a glowing report. But, in a twist, Mr Kuoh's counsel, Ms Luo Li...