Court rejects govt move on independent accountants for AHPETC; it also raps council

THE High Court has turned down the government's application to appoint independent accountants to oversee government grants made to Aljunied-Hougang- Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC), run by the opposition Workers' Party. But the court also highlighted the gravity of the town council's lapses and raised the possibility of other parties taking legal action.

In his grounds of decision released on Wednesday, Justice Quentin Loh …