Committee recommends WP's Pritam Singh face further probe, $35K fine for Raeesah Khan over lies in Parliament

SINGAPORE - A parliamentary committee has recommended that Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh be referred to the Public Prosecutor for further investigations and that former Workers' Party MP Raeesah Khan be fined a total of $35,000 for their involvement inIn a report released on Thursday following a series of hearings held in December last year, Parliament's Committee of Privileges noted that Mr Singh's referral was with a view to considering if criminal proceedings ought to be...

The committee is chaired by Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin and comprises six other People's Action Party lawmakers and Hougang MP Dennis Tan from the WP. The committee also recommended that Ms Khan be fined $25,000 for stating an untruth in Parliament on Aug 3, when sherepeated the untruth on Oct 4In November, Ms Khan confessed in Parliament that she had in fact heard this anecdote in a support group she was part of, and had shared it without the victim's consent.a mere 15 months after being sworn in as Singapore's youngest MP after the 2020 general election.

The committee further recommended that WP vice-chair Faisal Manap, an MP for Aljunied GRC, be similarly referred to the Public Prosecutor for further investigations, namely into his refusal to answer"relevant" questions put forth by the committee, and to also consider if criminal proceedings ought to be instituted.

For Mr Singh, who is WP chief and an MP for Aljunied GRC, the appropriate sanctions should be deferred until after the conclusion of investigations or criminal proceedings against him, said the committee.

Weird that the GST hike has disappeared off the news today.

Pappy doing a jayaratnam

Yes! Pritam & Faisal of wpsg HAVE to be further investigated. It's clear there's more to the whole lying saga than meets the eye. If found guilty of dereliction of duty & lying, they have to step down & stay away from politics forever bec they've lost all credibility.

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