SINGAPORE — Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan Jin on Tuesday (July 11) apologised to Workers’ Party’s Jamus Lim for his use of “unparliamentary language” in his reaction to a speech made by the opposition party member.
SINGAPORE — Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-jin on Tuesday apologised for using “unparliamentary language” in his reaction to a speech made by Workers' Party member Jamus Lim.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Mr Tan wrote that the video was from a parliamentary sitting in April, adding that he “ had to listen to the recording as did not recall the occasion”. “When I listen to speeches made, like everyone, I do form views on them. What was said were my private thoughts which I had muttered to myself and not to anyone,” Mr Tan wrote.
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