Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he should have 'forced the issue sooner' when dealing with the extramarital affair between former Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin and former Tampines MP Cheng Li Hui. PM Lee delivered a ministerial statement in Parliament on Wednesday (Aug 2), addressing why he did not take action against Tan and Cheng earlier, despite finding out...
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he should have "forced the issue sooner" when dealing with the extramarital affair between former Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin and former Tampines MP Cheng Li Hui.
Explaining why he did not take action against Tan and Cheng immediately, PM Lee agreed he should have forced the issue sooner, in retrospect. The first is where the individuals involved are spoken to, and no further action is taken if they agree to stop. "The parties will be talked to but the matter cannot end. But what that action is and when it is taken, depends on the nature of the facts and the boundaries," he said."It is wrong," he said, "Mr Tan and Ms Cheng had to stop the affair, I told them to stop.
At that time, he hadn't decided if Tan and Cheng should resign as MPs, but PM Lee shared that it was "quite likely both would have had to leave at some point".
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