Singh is set to contest two charges over his alleged lies to a parliamentary committee in 2021.
Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh leaving the Supreme Court on Sept 9 after the result of his application for a High Court trial.
Singh, the secretary-general of the Workers’ Party , is expected to contest two charges over alleged lies to a parliamentary committee convened in November 2021and recommended that the former Sengkang GRC MP be fined $35,000. It had also recommended referring Singh and WP vice-chairman Faisal Manap to the public prosecutor for possible criminal charges.
This is the first time in post-independence Singapore that a person has been prosecuted under Section 31 of the Parliament Act , which makes it an offence to lie in response to questions posed by Parliament or its committee.In December 2021, Parliament’s Committee of Privileges held hearings into an Aug 3, 2021, claim by Ms Khan, who said she had accompanied a sexual assault victim to a police station, where the victim was treated insensitively.
The WP chief is also alleged to have provided false testimony that at a meeting with Ms Khan on Oct 3, 2021, he had asked her to come clean about her lie if the issue was brought up in the House on Oct 4.
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