新加坡：本土水务处理公司海优克斯（Hyflux）前首席执行官林爱莲（Olivia Lum Ooi Lin）及另外五名前高管，将不会在涉嫌隐瞒大士泉水淡化项目售电细节的审讯中出庭作证。控方已在该长期审讯中结案，审讯于2025年8月开庭。
SINGAPORE: Former Hyflux chief executive officer Olivia Lum Ooi Lin and five other former leaders of the homegrown water treatment firm will not be testifying in their trial allegedly omitting details about selling electricity as part of the Tuaspring water desalination project. The prosecution has concluded its case in the long-running trial, which began in August 2025.
周三（10月21日），六名被告的律师在表明不会提出“无案可答”抗辩后，在法庭上阐述了他们的辩护策略。
On Wednesday (Oct 21), lawyers for the six accused person outlined their approach to presenting their case for the defence in court after stating that they would not be making submissions that they had "no case to answer".
所谓“无案可答”，是指被告在控方结案时主张，控方证据不足以支持指控，根本无需被告作答辩，请求法官在辩方无需开案的情况下驳回案件。
This refers to when an accused person on trial argues, at the end of the prosecution's case, that there is no case for them to even answer in their defence and calls on the judge to dismiss the case without the defence having to open its case.
首席地方法官卓汉理（Toh Han Li）随即传召六名被告进行抗辩。
Principal District Judge Toh Han Li then called on the six accused to give their defence.
65岁的林爱莲及其五名共同被告的律师表示，他们不会亲自出庭作证，但将共同传召一名专家证人。法庭订于11月23日举行会议，以排定接下来的审讯日期。之后，辩方将开案陈词。
The lawyers for Lum, 65, and her five co-accused said they would not be testifying in their own defence, but would jointly call on an expert witness. A conference was fixed for Nov 23 to schedule the next set of trial dates. After that, the defence will open its case.
背景：审讯于2025年8月开庭，距离高等法院下令海优克斯清盘已过去四年。
BACKGROUND The trial opened in August 2025 four years after the High Court ordered Hyflux to wind up.
林爱莲的五名共同被告为：前首席财务官卓伟平（Cho Wee Peng），57岁；前独立董事张强（Teo Kiang Kok），70岁；Christopher Murugasu，67岁；Gay Chee Cheong，70岁；以及李裕海（Lee Joo Hai），70岁。
Lum's five co-accused are: Former chief financial officer Cho Wee Peng, 57, and former independent directors Teo Kiang Kok, 70, Christopher Murugasu, 67, Gay Chee Cheong, 70, and Lee Joo Hai, 70.
六人中，前首席执行官林爱莲面临的指控最多，控方依据《证券与期货法》对她提出两项指控：向公众发行价值2亿新元（约1.57亿美元）的证券时，隐瞒了关于售电的细节。
Of the six, ex-CEO Lum faces the most charges, with the prosecution proceeding on two charges under the Securities and Futures Act: For making an offer of S$200 million (US$157 million) worth of securities to the public with omissions about the electricity sales.
身为首席执行官，同意海优克斯故意不向证券交易所通报与售电有关的信息。针对林女士的另外四项指控在本次审判期间被搁置或暂缓审理。
For consenting, as CEO, to Hyflux's intentional failure to notify the securities exchange about information relating to the electricity sales. Another four charges against Lum were stood down or set aside while this trial went ahead.
卓先生面临一项指控：即在其担任海优特首席财务官期间，纵容公司故意未向证券交易所通报与电力销售相关的信息。
Cho is on trial for one charge: for conniving in his capacity as CFO for Hyflux to intentionally fail to notify the securities exchange about the information related to the electricity sales.
其余四名前独立董事各面临两项类似指控：一项针对2011年4月发售资讯说明书中遗漏同一信息，另一项针对他们涉嫌作为董事疏忽职守，导致海优特故意未向证券交易所通报电力销售事宜。
The remaining four former independent directors face two similar charges each: For the same omission of information in an April 2011 offer information statement, and for their alleged neglect as directors, such that Hyflux intentionally failed to notify the securities exchange about the electricity sales.
海优特作为一家上市公司，曾向市场推介该项目为其在大士建设的第二座、也是最大的一座海水淡化厂，但据称隐瞒了将以极低价格向国家水务局（PUB）出售淡水，并由其新建电厂的发电业务为这笔亏本交易提供资金。
Hyflux, a publicly listed company, had pitched the project to the market as its second and largest seawater desalination plant in Tuas, but allegedly omitted that it would fund the sale of water at a very low price to national water agency PUB with its new business of selling electricity from a power plant it would build.
根据控方说法，这场进军新加坡电力市场的失败尝试导致公司倒闭，波及约34,000名持有永续证券和优先股的投资者，涉及欠款总额达9亿新元。
The unsuccessful foray into Singapore's power market contributed to the company's collapse and affected about 34,000 investors who held perpetual securities and preference shares, and were owed a total of S$900 million, according to the prosecution.
案件中的第七名涉案人、前海优特独立董事Rajsekar Kuppuswami Mitta于2025年认罪后被判罚款9万新元。
A seventh person in the case, former Hyflux independent director Rajsekar Kuppuswami Mitta, was fined S$90,000 in 2025 after pleading guilty.
林女士由Davinder Singh Chambers律师事务所的律师辩护，卓先生由Rajah & Tann律师事务所的律师团队辩护，而Shook Lin & Bok律师事务所代表那四名前独立董事。
Lum is being defended by lawyers from Davinder Singh Chambers, Cho is defended by a team from Rajah & Tann, while Shook Lin & Bok represents the four former independent directors.
若因纵容海优特故意未向证券交易所披露电力销售信息而被定罪，林女士最高可被判处七年监禁、罚款最高25万新元，或两者兼施。
If convicted of consenting to Hyflux's intentional failure to disclose the electricity sale information to the securities exchange, Lum could be jailed for up to seven years, fined up to S$250,000, or both.
若因发售证券给公众时遗漏电力销售信息而被定罪，她最高可被判处两年监禁、罚款最高15万新元，或两者兼施。前独立董事各自面临的指控对应的刑罚上限与此类似。
For making an offer of securities to the public with omissions about the electricity sales, she could be jailed for up to two years, fined up to S$150,000, or both. The former independent directors face similar penalties for each of their respective charges.
如果被判定串谋导致 Hyflux 未向证券交易所通报电力销售事宜，曹某可能面临最高七年监禁、最高 25 万新元罚款，或两者并罚。
If convicted of conniving in how Hyflux failed to notify the securities exchange about the electricity sales, Cho could be jailed for up to seven years, fined up to S$250,000, or both.