He said his reaction was why they took so long to reveal the matter.
SINGAPORE – Former Workers’ Party chief Low Thia Khiang revealed in court that it was in August 2023 when he found out WP’s leaders had known about Ms Raeesah Khan’s untruth since Aug 8, 2021.
Mr Low, who remains a member of WP’s central executive committee, told the court he met Singh and Ms Lim at his house on Oct 11, 2021, where they broke the news to him that Ms Khan had lied in Parliament. Asked what he said to Ms Lim in return, Mr Low remembered conveying it is “not the point whether or not the Government can find out” and his opinion that Ms Khan should apologise if she had told a lie.Mr Low also could not remember how Ms Lim and Singh responded to his advice for Ms Khan to apologise and make a clarification in Parliament.
Mr Low was also asked if Singh and Ms Lim had told him about Singh going to Ms Khan’s house on Oct 3, 2021, to get her to clarify the untruth in Parliament the next day.As for his impression of when Singh and Ms Lim knew about Ms Khan’s lie based on their interactions on Oct 11, 2021, Mr Low said: “I don’t have any impression when they found out. They broke the news to me, so this is a problem and I participate in the discussion.
He told her “we would want to look at her draft apology”, as he did not want the apology to end up with another lie. This DP sat to hear representations from Ms Khan and other party members in November 2021, including ex-WP cadres Loh Pei Ying and Yudhishthra Nathan’s grouses when it came to their attention that the leaders had wanted Ms Khan to resign from the party.
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