Former WP MP Yaw Shin Leong disputes Pritam Singh's account of his sacking

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"When the allegations surfaced, I immediately accounted to both WP secretary-general Low Thia Khiang and chairman Sylvia Lim. And I was advised to stay silent."The post on Facebook was made under the name Amos Rao. ST had reported in 2017In his post, Mr Yaw said he had placed"party first before self", and that he kept silent and resigned from the party's central executive committee to minimise the fallout over rumours of his personal indiscretions.

He said:"My intention was to give WP CEC a blank cheque to paint the narrative required. To facilitate the process, I travelled out of Singapore voluntarily."

 

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