pSingh had “sometimes been a bit harsh” with Raeesah Khan, the court also heard./p
SINGAPORE – Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh had told two party cadres that he met former Sengkang GRC MP Raeesah Khan on Oct 3, 2021, and told her he would not judge her, regardless of whether she decided to continue her lie or tell the truth to Parliament.
Ms Khan lied to Parliament on Aug 3, 2021 that she had accompanied a sexual assault victim to a police station, where the victim was treated insensitively. She repeated the claim before the House on Oct 4 the same year, before admitting to her lie on Nov 1, 2021. Queried on his understanding of Singh’s remark that he would not judge Ms Khan, Mr Nathan said: “He was leaving it open to her that whichever option that she chose, including the option to maintain the lie, that he would have no problem with that.”
The court heard that on that day, Ms Khan had told Mr Nathan and Ms Loh via text that she thought Singh wanted her to resign from the party. His sense was her fear had to do with the fact that she was a new MP, though he qualified that “I don’t think she was the only new MP who was a tad bit fearful of what the leaders thought of them”.
“I’d say their work relationships also had ups and downs, and as time progressed, it became clear to me that continued to dislike Ms Khan – not saying the same for Jamus but certainly Ms Khan,” he added.The prosecution also asked Mr Nathan why he chose to redact a message sent in the group chat with Ms Khan and Ms Loh on Oct 12, 2021, when submitting evidence to the COP.
“I believe they were interested in that precisely because party leaders had been involved since August before she had spoken the second untruth. To me, this msg that I’d sent on Oct 12 was immaterial to the COP investigation,” he said.
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