After he found out that former Sengkang GRC MP Raeesah Khan had lied in Parliament, Workers’ Party (WP) chief and Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh told a parliamentary committee investigating the matter that he had asked her to clarify the untruth to the House. In...
After he found out that former Sengkang GRC MP Raeesah Khan had lied in Parliament, Workers’ Party chief and Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh told a parliamentary committee investigating the matter that he had asked her to clarify the untruth to the House.
The former Sengkang GRC MP first disclosed her lie to Singh on Aug 7, 2021. The committee that investigated Ms Khan’s lie held hearings for seven days between Dec 2 and Dec 22, 2021, and its report was debated in Parliament on Feb 15, 2022, which was when the House resolved to refer Singh to the Public Prosecutor for a further probe. Singh was charged on March 19, 2024.
“It was clear to Ms Khan then that her party leaders did not want her to clarify the untruth and that she could leave the matter be,” he said. The trial, which is fixed for 16 days until Nov 13, is being heard before Deputy Principal District Judge Luke Tan at the State Court. Before trial proceedings began proper, Singh’s charges were read to him again, and the WP chief reiterated his earlier not guilty plea before a courtroom with almost 40 people in the gallery.
The DAG said this meeting was where Mr Low was informed that Ms Khan’s anecdote in Parliament was untrue. Mr Low advised Singh and Ms Khan at the meeting that the untruth be clarified in Parliament as soon as possible. Recounting the events after Ms Khan’s untruth to Parliament, the DAG noted that there was no discussion of the matter between Singh and Ms Khan from Aug 8 to Oct 3 in 2021, let alone the fact that it ought to be clarified in Parliament.
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