No action to be taken against Leong Mun Wai for parliamentary breaches: Indranee Rajah

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SINGAPORE — No action will be taken against opposition Member of Parliament Leong Mun Wai for his breaches of parliamentary procedures and his disrespectful conduct towards speaker of the house Mr Tan Chuan Jin last month, said Ms Indranee Rajah, the Leader of House, on Tuesday (April 18).

, has already withdrawn from his Facebook posts the statements that were in breach of the procedures and he apologised for his remarks towards Mr Tan on the day of the incident, she said.

Mr Shanmugam noted that Mr Leong had had a pattern of such behaviour and said"next steps" would be considered over the non-constituency MP's continued abuse of parliamentary privilege. He also cited three other incidents from 2021 and 2022 where Mr Leong had exhibited such behaviour. In her statement on Tuesday, Ms Rajah noted that Parliamentary standing orders, which outline disciplinary actions that can be taken against members who breach the rules, could have been invoked against Mr Leong.Also, subsequent to that sitting, Mr Leong withdrew the statements in his Facebook post, clarified that he had not intended to cast aspersions on Ministers, and admitted that he was wrong to make the suggestions in his statement in Parliament as he did," she said.

 

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