SINGAPORE — Workers’ Party (WP) secretary-general Pritam Singh was on Tuesday (March 19) handed two charges of giving false answers to a parliamentary committee.
SINGAPORE — Workers’ Party secretary-general Pritam Singh was on Tuesday handed two charges of giving false answers to a parliamentary committee.New: You can now listen to articles.Workers’ Party secretary-general Pritam Singh on Tuesday pled not guilty to two charges of giving false answers to a parliamentary committee
WP vice-chair Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap was also issued an advisory to remind him to familiarise himself with the conduct expected of Members of Parliament under the Act and to refrain from any act that may be in breach of itSINGAPORE — Workers’ Party secretary-general Pritam Singh was on Tuesday handed two charges of giving false answers to a parliamentary committee.
In response to media queries, an AGC spokesperson said that the prosecution will be asking the court to impose a fine for each of his two charges if he is convicted,"based on the evidence presently available and considering the totality of the circumstances"."It will be for the Court to decide whether Mr Pritam Singh is guilty of the charges. If he is found guilty, it is for the Court to decide what the appropriate punishment should be," the spokesperson added.
Speaking during a parliamentary sitting, Ms Khan claimed that she accompanied a sexual assault victim to a police station where the victim was treated insensitively, but this was later found to be untrue. After the hearings concluded in February 2022, Parliament voted for Singh and Mr Faisal to be referred to the Attorney-General, accepting the committee's 1,180-page report, which stated that the duo might have lied under oath during its investigations, among other things.
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