Sex, lies and video recordings: statements have to be made and questions need to be asked
SEX, LIES AND VIDEO-RECORDINGS POLITICS always has a dirty side, no matter how clean it tries to be. In its worst disposition and desperate defence, it would lie and hide – under the cover of darkness, denial or parliamentary privilege. ITS nemesis is the PUBLIC, stakeholders like us ordinary Singaporeans with no agenda, affiliation or […]
Raeesah’s lies and the failure of the Leader of the Opposition
A day after Raeesah Khan admitted in Parliament (1 Nov 2021) that she had lied about accompanying a rape assault victim to make a police report, Workers’ Party (WP) announced the formation of a disciplinary panel to look into the admissions made by Ms Raeesah in Parliament. The panel comprised Pritam Singh who is the […]
Damaged reputation? A damage reputation is to WP’s advantage
Ms Raeesah Khan’s lies in Parliament resulted in her being referred to the Committee of Privileges, and subsequently her resignation from WP which effectively means she is no longer an MP. The Workers’ Party may have suffered a damaged reputation but in terms of political fortunes, they have nothing to fear. In fact, a damaged […]
Workers’ Party should set up an independent disciplinary panel to investigate Raeesah’s lie
Workers’ Party has set up a disciplinary panel to look into Raeesah Khan’s lies in Parliament. This comes one day after her apology in Parliament and after Mr Pritam Singh had posted a Facebook post that Raeesah had done the right thing. The disciplinary panel appeared to be set up after the apology and Facebook […]
Netizens react to Raeesah Khan’s lie in Parliament
Something unfortunate happened in Parliament yesterday. Yes, we’re talking about Raeesah Khan’s admission to lying about the allegations she made against the police on 3 Aug. A quick recap: In parliament on 3 Aug, Sengkang MP Raeesah Khan shared an anecdote, in which she detailed that -she had accompanied a 25-year-old woman to make a […]
First case of deliberate lying in Parliament: Bertha Henson
Anecdotes have been shared in Parliament but this is the first case of deliberate lying in Parliament that has been found out. MPs often use anecdotes of anonymous people to make their point. A recent example was when WP Sylvia Lim and Pritam Singh shared the same anecdote of a resident who had to sell […]
Raeesah says Police ‘part of the solution’ after alleging police’s mishandling of rape survivor
Parliament sat on 3rd August and passed a motion to commemorate 200 years of the SPF in Singapore. 69 visitors were present. They included Singapore’s Commissioner of Police Hoong Wee Teck, in-service officers, full-time national servicemen, Volunteer Special Constabulary (VSC) officers, civilian officers, retired police officers and two family members of an officer who was […]