SINGAPORE — Two Nominated Members of Parliament — lawyer Raj Joshua Thomas and psychiatrist Syed Harun Alhabsyi — resigned on Feb 14, the first time any NMP has done so before the end of his term. Parliament informed MPs about their resignations on Feb 14 in separate e-mails seen by The Straits Times. Their biodata was removed from the Parliament..
Lawyer Raj Joshua Thomas and psychiatrist Syed Harun Alhabsyi resigned on Feb 14, about a year before the end of their 2½-year term.SINGAPORE — Two Nominated Members of Parliament — lawyer Raj Joshua Thomas and psychiatrist Syed Harun Alhabsyi — resigned on Feb 14, the first time any NMP has done so before the end of his term.
In the letter, Dr Syed Harun said it would be most appropriate that he resign as he intends to "explore opportunity for political service". "I am contemplating doing so in a different way, in which it would be appropriate for me to resign as an NMP at this time," he added. He is managing partner at law firm Tang Thomas and president of the Security Association Singapore , while Dr Syed Harun is consultant psychiatrist and medical director at The Starfish Clinic of Psychiatry & Mental Wellness.
Entrepreneur Calvin Cheng, whose membership in Young PAP was revealed after he was announced as an NMP in 2009, also quit the party.
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