The settlement comes seven years after the lawsuits were filed in 2017.
SINGAPORE – Parties to the long-running case involving the Workers’ Party-run Aljunied-Hougang Town Council have agreed to an out-of-court settlement with one another.
The WP leaders are party secretary-general Pritam Singh, chairwoman Sylvia Lim, deputy organising secretary Kenneth Foo, former WP chief Low Thia Khiang and Mr Chua Zhi Hon – all of whom were AHTC town councillors when auditors found lapses in the town council’s governance and compliance. In November 2022 and July 2023, the Court of Appeal dismissed the majority of claims made by AHTC and STC against the town councillors. But the apex court found that senior WP leaders were liable for damages to AHTC and STC as they had been negligent in certain respects.
Ms How was later appointed deputy secretary and general manager of AHTC and her husband the town council’s secretary, while staying FMSS shareholders and directors.In 2015, the Auditor-General’s Office flagged major lapses in governance and compliance at AHTC regarding its dealings with FMSS. PRPTC was involved as the former Punggol East SMC swung back to the People’s Action Party in the 2015 General Election, and came under PRPTC’s management. The WP had won the seat in a 2013 by-election, and managed the ward under the reconstituted Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council for two years.
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