There was also no corroboratory information, said the Leader of the Opposition. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - The Workers’ Party leadership did not call up the driver of former Aljunied GRC MP Leon Perera for an interview, aftersaid Leader of the Opposition and WP chief Pritam Singh in Parliament on Wednesday.
He also answered “no”, when asked by Mr Nair if the need to collate further corroborative evidence was conveyed to the driver.addressing the resignation of two People’s Action Party MPs, said that he was prepared to answer questions – if there were any – about his own party’s handling of the indiscretion between his party members.Mr Singh had announced that Mr Perera and former senior party member Nicole Seah had resigned from the party, after lying about their affair.
Mr Nair asked Mr Singh: “You mentioned that you did not tell Mr Perera, you did not reveal the source of information. How did you tell Mr Perera you came to know about his indiscretions – did you say the driver told you?”He said: “We made an assessment of the total circumstances with which the information was provided to us and, as we found out after the fact, of course, that this person was a former police officer with, I think, 10 years’ experience. I think this was in the papers.
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