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Dec 6, 2021 · Former Hougang MP Yaw Shin Leong was dismissed from the Workers’ Party in 2012 over allegations he had an extra-marital affair with a married woman. WP chief Pritam Singh said last week...
- What Singh Said
- What Yaw Said
- Yaw Said He Kept Silent
- Background
Singh said during the press conference that Yaw was dismissed from the opposition party in 2012 because he did not hold himself accountable to both the party and the public. The incident in 2012 referred to allegations that Yaw had an extramarital affair, following his election to the Hougang SMC seat in the 2011 general election.
Yaw, who now goes by the alias “Amos Rao”, wrote that Singh’s assertion was not true. He now claims he had “accounted the situation candidly” then to the party’s then-secretary general, Low Thia Khiang, even before the allegations of his affair had surfaced. He then “immediately accounted” to both Low and party chairman Sylvia Lim when the allegati...
He also claimed that he kept silent and resigned from the party’s central executive committee (CEC) as he “placed party before self” and in order to “minimise the fallout”. This allowed the party to fill in the narrative. “My intention was to give WP CEC a blank cheque to paint the narrative required. To facilitate the process, I travelled out of S...
Singh was asked by a member of the media during the Dec. 2 press conference about the 2012 incident involving Yaw. The reporter had asked about the time it took, about one month, for the WP to move on Yaw, which was shorter than the time it took for them to move on Raeesah Khan, which was almost three months. Singh replied that the two incidents ar...
Dec 7, 2021 · SINGAPORE: Workers' Party (WP) leaders did not advise former WP Member of Parliament Yaw Shin Leong to "stay silent" after allegations about him emerged in 2012, said the party's media...
Dec 7, 2021 · SINGAPORE — The Workers’ Party (WP) has refuted claims that party leaders told former Member of Parliament (MP) Yaw Shin Leong to remain silent about the allegations of his extramarital...
Nov 15, 2023 · Former Workers’ Party (WP) MP Yaw Shin Leong has died, according to posts on his social media accounts late on Tuesday night. An obituary posted on Mr Yaw’s Facebook and LinkedIn accounts stated...
Dec 7, 2021 · SINGAPORE - The Workers' Party (WP) on Tuesday (Dec 7) dismissed its former MP Yaw Shin Leong's claim that he had been hushed by party leaders in the lead-up to his expulsion from the...
Dec 7, 2021 · SINGAPORE - The Workers' Party (WP) on Tuesday (Dec 7) dismissed its former MP Yaw Shin Leong's claim that he had been hushed by party leaders in the lead-up to his expulsion from the opposition...
