District Judge Soh Tze Bian Leaves His Position

District Judge Soh Tze Bian has left his positions as a judge and a deputy registrar of the State Courts.

- Nadine Chua

A Government Gazette notice published on Jan 16 said Mr Soh would cease to be a district judge and deputy registrar of the State Courts on Jan 17.

In response to queries, a spokesman for the judiciary said on Feb 11 that Mr Soh, who was appointed a district judge on Aug 1, 2008, retired from the Singapore Judicial Service.

Mr Soh made the news in the past two years after the quality of his work was publicly highlighted twice by two Supreme Court judges.

In September 2023, Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon said Mr Soh had fallen short of the standards of professionalism expected of the judiciary after he was found to have reproduced large chunks of the prosecution's submissions in his written grounds of decision.