WP rejects Yaw Shin Leong's claim that party leaders asked him to 'stay silent' over alleged affair

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SINGAPORE — The Workers’ Party (WP) has refuted claims that party leaders told former Member of Parliament (MP) Yaw Shin Leong to remain silent about the allegations of his extramarital affair in 2012.

Mr Leon Perera, WP’s media chair, said in a press statement on Tuesday that former secretary-general Low Thia Khiang and party chairman Sylvia Lim “categorically state that they did not advise Mr Yaw to stay silent”.

“In fact, he was summoned to appear before the Workers' Party central executive committee to account for the matter, but chose not to do so.” On Monday, Mr Yaw — under the alias of Amos Rao — wrote on his Facebook page that Mr Low and Ms Lim advised him toMr Yaw’s post came days after the party’s current secretary-general Pritam Singh said at a press conference that the former MP was dismissed from WP because he did not hold himself accountable to the party and the public after allegations of the affair emerged.

 

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