The committee on Thursday released its final report on the complaint made against former WP Member of Parliament Raeesah Khan forIt recommended that she be fined S$35,000 for telling a false anecdote in Parliament on Aug 3 last year and repeating it on Oct 4 that year.
Mr Ong, who is from the ruling People's Action Party , said on the sidelines of an event at the new Woodlands Health Campus: "I feel it is proper and correct for the Committee of Privileges to refer the case to the Public Prosecutor because, should the issue really go to trial, Mr Pritam Singh and Mr Faisal Manap can then furnish all the evidence before the judge, argue their case, defend themselves and clear their name.
Parliament is expected to debate and vote on the committee's report next week. WP has said that Mr Singh, Mr Faisal and WP chairman Sylvia Lim will be expressing their views on the report in Parliament.on the committee’s recommendation, Mr Ong also said that building up democracy must be premised on integrity and honesty.
Well done.
And sg is indeed a democratic country....
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