Channel NewsAsia Updated: 11/09/2012 04:12 | By Channel NewsAsia
More witnesses to be called in Thai teenager’s lawsuit against
SMRT & LTA    SINGAPORE: More witnesses are expected to be
called to the stand in the lawsuit filed by a Thai teenager
against rail operator SMRT and the Land Transport Authority
(LTA).  Ms Pen—Eakchanasak Nitcharee lost her legs in April last
year after she fell onto the train tracks at Ang Mo Kio MRT
station.  The case was to have wrapped up on Thursday after
LTA’s witness, architect Andrew Mead, gave his evidence, but the
court found that some questions were still unanswered.  Mr Mead
said that LTA’s decision to build half—height platform screen
doors at all above—ground MRT stations was to prevent track
intrusions that would disrupt the train services.  In his
affidavit, Mr Mead noted that in the years leading up to 2007,
there was a significant increase in deliberate track intrusions
at above—ground stations.  Most resulted in service disruptions
that lasted between 10 minutes