It's kind of fishy when she made that statement. And its not like the only party had a bad apple before. Still it won't deter their supporters wanting them as an alternatives voice in parliament just because of one senseless member. Let's wait for next ge to come.
Why do you need someone to resign when you can sack them. Does WP think that its wrong to lie or is it only wrong to lie when you are caught? You had hoped that you could sweep the matter under the carpet. Sexual Assualt Victims and the Singapore Police Force are the real victims of this whole episode.
In politics and high profit jobs is that not very common? You get fired by resigning. Else, if they really need to fire you, it will be bad and ugly for you.
By Calvin Cheng: “Workers Party and Raeesah Khan - 3 questions answered” The Workers Party leadership has admitted they knew Raeesah Khan lied months before she confessed in Parliament. They claim that they gave her time to talk to her family, and wanted her to confess personally in Parliament. The problem is that the timeline of events does not add up. - The WP has revealed that they knew she lied a week after she delivered her speech in August. - She was told to tell her family and clarify personally in Parliament, as soon as she could. - In September, Ms Khan came down with shingles and could not attend Parliament. - In October, Ms Khan was again questioned by Min Shanmugam and once again lied, despite already telling the WP leadership that it was a lie. This is where the Workers’ Party’s explanation starts to crumble. The WP says that after Ms. Khan lied again, the WP leadership told her she must clarify at the next available opportunity. HOWEVER, the WP forgets that the next available opportunity then was not the November 2021 parliamentary session, as they want the public to believe! The October parliamentary session was held over TWO DAYS - 4th October 2021 and 5th October 2021. Raeesah Khan lied to Min Shan on 4th October 2021. The WP leaders are now saying they were taken aback, and asked her to come clean at the next available opportunity. In that case, why didn’t the WP leadership tell her to come clean on THE VERY NEXT DAY on the 5th of October 2021???!! And even then at any point of time Raeesah Khan could have written personally to the Speaker to confess. A personal confession doesn’t have to be a speech. Their explanation thus does not hold water. Does that mean that the WP leadership was trying their best to cover things up until they could not? Were they complicit in abetting Raeesah Khan’s lies? At the very least they are complicit when on 4 October 2021 she lied again, and did not compel her to clarify on 5 October 2021. Was the disciplinary inquiry then not a farce? Since they already knew everything! It seems we now have the answers to the three ‘Watergate’ questions I asked : A. What did the WP leadership know about Raeesah Khan’s lies? Everything. B. When did they know about it? Almost immediately. A week after she lied to be precise. C. What did they do about this information? Absolutely nothing.
@thulomanchay OK so the policeman must wait for the robber to come to the police station since the policeman has no transport. Yes I got it. IN THE MEANTIME, there are NO national consequences? The priority is therefore Ms MP, the person's person ahead of MP as the people's representative; the MP's personal priorities Ahead of the MP as Steward of Singapore's political Ethos. So WP priorities are person ahead of country. So Country can wait!
@thulomanchay 19th century or 21st century? To let the UNTRUTH lie around, sloshing around for others to make new substories and subplots? I guess this must be irrelevant or of little consequence to you. Is Pritam training to be a counsellor or is he Managing the largest opposition party in Singapore? Looking like the priority was playing counsellor, psychologist, helpmate to reach MP's catharsis Rather than Opposition Chief taking care of the Reputation of Singapore and the Singapore political ecosystem. And I guess that you must be an optimistic believer than the untruths left to fester for 3+ months about Singapore on the Internet ( only local not Global) can be cleaned up and cleared up by the Internet. Or maybe it doesn't matter? Certainly a low low threshold in my opinion.
@thulomanchay The news are out. So you need not do your defence anymore. Khan and other witnesses are saying that Pritam, SL and Faizul all had a hand in keeping this lie Very damaging to WP
I don't think PS addressed this well. Still very evasive and there was certainly no leadership in WP. I think WP does not learn from this episode. They still think that they are in Parliament to check the PAP.
@Grace And your name is Grace? Have u ever asked our PM to resign cos of his subordinates’ mistakes? Have u ever said he should resign due to poor leadership? Double standards!
We need the dislike button in a situation like this. I did not vote for WP. I did not but I was glad we had a greater opposition in parliament and this is how it turn out. An opposition pulling entire SG down. Seriously, this is NOT ok.
From 3rd Aug to 4th Oct is 2 months and 1 day. PS said she was suffering from shingles in Sep. For a whole month o suppose. Very funny way of covering up
@@leelilian7514 that why!! Still can allow her to get 3 months Mp salaries $$ ?? Really shameful ! Believe alot Singaporean cannot accept this stupid matter!🕳🕳
@@karenng2840 The issue here is not about bashing WP or Opposition. Its a pent up frustration of Opposition supporters who see WP as an inert agent of Change. We have enough of WP. It's style guarantees us may not even see change when we die. The frustration is aimed at Pritam Singh. Enough Is Enough! It's God's Will that WP is now being taken to task
At its lightest, poor leadership. At its worst, lacked integrity! Which is lighter crime? Ans is obvious. But either is not acceptable in this context! PS said every MP is a leader in his/her own. This does not absolve his overall n party leadership as Sec Gen. Every party has a hierarchy structure. In every individual leader, there’s an overall leader. I find his defence incomprehensible, in fact unbelievable for his political experience n as a lawyer! If everybody is a leader n answers only to himself, then y need the various positions n hierarchy? RS is a novice. Nonetheless no excuse for what she had done. It’s about personal values. But the 3 r old timers, veterans. They ought to know that pap will investigate every allegation, accusation n concern. Hoping for it to go away on its own simply tells me they have not learnt anything about politics in spite of being involved in it for decades. This incident is not solely affecting WP as a once viable opposition with largest presence in parliament. It casts a shadow on oppositions in general! Will WP implode under his watch? The verdict is still out there! To be fair to all parties, observers, supporters, critics, neutrals etc, it’s only fair to let public prosecutor do the rest. But one thing I know from experience. Once pap decides to move against any case n anyone, it’s as good as the coffin is nailed. Hope I m wrong this time though.
Very disappointing. After knowing it months ahead, as a responsible political party should step forward to tell the truth and not push to the MP and up to her when she wants to come clean. No accountability of leadership at all. High tolerant of dishonesty. How can we trust our country to them? Singapore talent pool is really just enough for 1 team. Team B is really cannot make it. One simple case like this also cannot settle properly how to solve more complex problems if elected as a ruling party?
The diehards or the hardcores. They do not know how Spore make her living. What's the point of having alternative voice when there is no food on the table.
Our reporters are very kind… surprisingly no one ask when PS decided to wait for RK to own up her lies in parliament, was he taking a stand as a compassionate friend of RK, or a leader of WP, or a party leader representing SZ? Whose interest in his mind when he and his members made the decision???
Clearly not the interest of the state. So many man hours lost by SPF trying to verify this claim against the police. Police resources are critical and should not be misused. There is a law on this I think when people misused police resources like make a false claim.
@@pansylim6254 For most opposition parties, this is indeed the case. As they are fighting to unseat the ruling party, they will target its weak points while hiding their own too.
A 27 year old inexperience young woman without going thru much of life experience and has lived outside of SG most of her time, desire to be a champion community leader and now the truth is out where the blind leads 51% of the blind in Sengkang or Sink Khan to Timbaktu.
Mr. Pritam, the "opportunity to set the record straight" is NOT more important than you as the leader of the opposition telling the truth to the people IMMEDIATELY.
To him, after giving RK close to 2 months to set the record right in October while she still lie and persist to give her more time till November to set the record right is more important than the integrity of SPF. This kind of judgement call?
So what this kind of opposition? U think the papaya good ? How many things are hide away ? Whatever it is multiple system should be implement in singapore even they put a rates for election I will vote for the rats ane not to a coverup and walk over !
林先生** The leaders knew her lies & asked her "take all the information to the grave!!! "This is really a "BIG BOMB" latest news for this stupid issue !!Dam Ugly!!!💣🕳
With this type of Opposition, its acturely better not to have one because the screw ups only *TAINT THE IMAGE OF OPPOSITION.* Now , the middle voters may perceive Opposition as a bunch of .... comprising questionable characters. We no need to worry Zero Opposition because life in SG will only get worse for many and these will want a Voice
I hope that the WP would not,in the coming days,be telling more lies to cover up what she had said.That verily,would be the beginning of the end for the WP. Politics or not,honesty is always the best policy.
No. WP have really failed in managing this incident. It was her responsibility to set the record straight, but it is also WP MPs responsibility to ensure a known lie is not perpetuated in the parlimentary sitting. This will surely cost them votes either but the leadership's lack of action will surely be more damaging than a timely action to reveal the truth. Think of what the optics could have been if they were the ones to actively come out and ensure that the public is not misled any further than it already was.
@@rslin4888 Lies are okay? Maybe its better for you to read the legislative bill? And that mentality you are provoking deems that a mistake can always be forgiven? Not sure about that?
@@purpletulip1688 The urgency was sorely missing. Hence the need to understand why and there were text messages between R and her associates which might shed light to the affair. And her associates did meet PS and they confirmed the " your call" and " I won't judge you:. Both of them were consistent in this
The fact is,not only Ms Khan has alleged that the WP's helm is less than honest,Mr.Yaw has done so too. What has prompted him to voice out after so many years of'hibernation' and 'exile'?He must have cogent reasons to do so.
What a spicy explainations! When the last drop of integrity and credibilty were gone, the trust has already been broken, apologising means nothing without face value.
There are two aspects the WP should have considered. Firstly. the criteria of selection of candidates to participate in the General Election should have been stringent. Many former anti-PAP individuals and their family members have now become good guys and handsomely rewarded, a political trend these days. Next, the speeches and claims by Raeesah should have been vetted by Pritam. The party has lost its credibility.
@@serirayna2789 Yes. But if WP have managed this properly, they would come out top. However, with every steps PS took, it just demonstrate that he is out of depth to manage his people/party. Imagine, your boss asked you to do something and you persist to do the opposite(referring to the October sitting), you think nothing will happen to you for insubordination? Especially this matter is rather grave given that it implicate the integrity of SPF. This is not the Grey area. This is a clear admission of wrong doing. And if the need is there, why isn’t the DP set up earlier.
A lapse in judgement for not vetting more stringently. Trusting on gut instincts may be slightly lop sided. Lesson well learnt / noted by ALL political parties in future decisions.
@@SimonK3113 Not so much a lapse in judgement as it was a lack of integrity and in courage. All those ridiculous excuses & "reasons" why the WP DC (all 3 of them) are using to dump on one of their own must surely be obvious.
Pritam Singh should have vetted the speech BEFORE Serious Allegations were said in Parliament. *F9 in leadership.* Opposition United should replace WP. "Opposition United" is a metaphor
I see no future for Worker Party. Other parties have fought harder for Workers. After decades , still so underperforming. Its better for opposition movement to let other Alternative party rise to replace WP. So unlike a Opposition party. So disappointing. So quiet online in engaging the netizens. Since his additional salary he is been collecting what have we got in return? I wont say ShortChanged out of courtesy. Some even label WP as Team B. Why? Its very understandable why there is such an angst in the people. If we rely only on WP for change i think none of us will ever see Change in our life times. Guaranteed. How is such a character chosen as candidate? A timebomb? Yet Pritam Singh has not been taken to task
U are very right. Ps and his team should be held accountable whereby they failed to uphold their integrities. Truly lack credibility and i lost my " Trust and Confidence" in wp
@@pansylim6254 i only feel that PS need to go. But the whole wp membership and fan basr need to be whacked by a cane to wake up. They are blindly following a "opposition" leading us to first world parliament which will take possibly 100 years long
@@malita354 not only ps sl and fm too. They are truly irresponsible without credibility and integrity. Am aljunied grc resident and am very familiar with their poor management
@@pansylim6254 why would they let residents have this perception ? I heard some residents told me about bad performance but i thought those are intentionally spreading falsehoods as i have not witnessed their performance except in parliament which is dissat. I also see their inline engagement supports team B theory but then not sufficient evidence
Worker party got no integrity at all. They r trying to push their luck. Why not telling the true? Latest by end of Aug. Gave her 3 mths of MP's salary to consider.... 👍WP👍
Trying to cover up.. hoping that it would die down... but no luck so had to come clean. I want trustworthy and capable opp members. The more the merrier but NOT this type!
I am proud of how the political party in Singapore behaves. They are serious, intelligent and always accountable in the ways they serve the country. That is something many so called politicians must possess before they can go into politics.
when you have wool over your eyes I am not surprised by your response. The actual truth is something that needs to come out. Just wait a while later than give your views.
When you recruit a person who cannot take responsibility for herself, you recruit a troublemaker and a shit-stirrer. “Now that I have lied, tell me should I continue to lie or not?” It sounded most juvenile.
3rd Aug To Oct is 2 months 1st Nov Really until Mr Shamugam etc in parliament then you decide you given her enough time? If not then when is enough time if this wasnt pursued? The leadership needs to take blame! Stir shit if not caught is fine????
She lied, by whatever reason, and the party was burnt? no. Still the same. Singapore support you hehehe. I know this guy can do more and i hope they do stay strong.
I am a resident of sengkang for almost 23 years already. Surely I am qualified to take over the vacant position to form the 4 masketeers to take care of sengkang. I don't lie and cheat to my fellow sengkang residents as of now. Let me recite a poem "turn over a new leaf" . That will be my slogan to serve the sengkang residents. I only ask for S$9k per month as a consultant maybe 3k each contribution from the other 3 current sengkang MPs. 😁🤣😂🤔
It saddens me to see how Singaporeans are so apathetic towards how our parliamentary system work. Parliamentary Privilege means a member is immune from being sued in a civil court for lying in parliament. How can Ms Khan be abusing Parliamentary Privilege when that privilege is accorded to her as an MP? She's just exercising her privilege. This should not be a trial of Ms Khan lying in parliament. This should be a trial of the Parliamentary Privilege as it gives immunity to members lying in parliament.
What PS did is correct; he gave personal space to RK as she is a victim of a sexual assault to share with family members first. The lie told in Parliament will be known in times to come, and is for RK as MP to clarify and correct her mistake. Why would WP team want to keep a lie when even anyone of us knows it is impossible to tell a lie in Parliament and not uncovered. So supporters, lend your support to WP team. Go and look at history of a political party, don't that team also have MP that made mistakes?
@@bishan2281 Amos Yee is coming back. Kicked out by USA. Let's see how Mary Toh will protect her son this time. Last time, she blamed the govt for her son's woes. What did Amos do to get arrested in USA? Child pyrography. Amos was strongly supported by CSJ at that time
Honestly, they might have been trying to be kind and weight all the issues at hand. But they acted too slow in politics. Should have confronted and forced her to apologise way earlier. All I can say is. She must be very very good at giving believable excuses. Her powers of delay tactics is EPIC.
If u think she is very good and deceive PS and the rest then I think WP are all stupid and doesn't fit to be in parliament lor. I dun believe WP members are say kind hearted or what la mostly they want this issue to resolve without any issue raise by pap but too bad they calculate wrongly now must wipe their own backside liao
If We the Peeps of sg don't turn this fiasco into an *Opportunity to Whack WP to Force a Change* in WP, then we are even more Stupiid than this incredibly unbelievable own goal. Boh G Buay Toa Han.
This meeting has the following traits in comparison with an MP vacating Marsiling seat. 1) It has the residents in mind. The plan of the redrawn constituencies boundaries was shown and clarity who is taking over which blocks. 2) A representative to act as an advisor, a Malay MP (in a different GRC) no less. 3) Relevant (inconvenient) questions posed by the media to hold the party accountable. 4) Relevant stakeholders were present. (At party level and GRC level) In my opinion, comparing Marsiling case, the hype of the Presidential Election has overshadowed the lost of an elected MP in a GRC.
It's unfortunate that LO P. Singh was too soft as the chief in WP. A disciplinary committee should have been formed when they first learned about the untruths (lies), to let her know the severity of her lies! By giving her time to heal with her family members, it probably made her feel entitled to continue lying to parliament without consciously taking in the gravity of her actions.
@@justfair7399 Well, 8 hours ago when I left this comment, the COP hearing was not yet published. I've just seen the hearing and wow, what a freaking plot twist!
People makes mistakes if those who are commenting feel you can do better and you are someone who can handle shit go ahead bruh. Dumbass the Wp is doing everything they can. Tbh dont let one bad tree ruin the entire forest. bruh being an Mp aint easy so just shit up and let them handle it.
This Raheesah is such a disgrace, she could have done so much for her own race.Instead she choose to bring the whole of Singapore down.I used to support her, but how she pulled everyone along with her shows such poor character.
members of WP must hold on to their day job n b part time politicans which they r void of NEW ideas... drumming the same old songs... wp has no passion but mere figure heads b seen as an opposition to pap...no contest.
Thats why i say even if today Zero Oppositiom exist in parliament, it makes no difference. In fact it could even force the citizens to be braver in the next GE. See, sg will like 1 opposition in sg to balance things. So even if WP is wiped out, the people will still have no choice but to elect one Opposition into parliament because of Boh Bian.
RK has no integrity. She’s just an opportunist as far as I am concerned. She’s likely to do anything to save her skin. Being the seasoned liar that she appears to be, it is best to ignore her version of the “truth”. I don’t believe anything she says.
Hey brother pritam! What the hell bro? Ownself check ownself bro. Raesah making you all look bad bro. Come meet me confirm you stress. I cio you one can guiness stout.
Wp should have fact check first before make Parliamentary speech. WP can come out with any excuses but the truth is that she lied 3 times and yet WP allow it happen until the discovery was made public. How can the people trust WP in future, there should due diligent so that all presentation should be truthful.
Think deeply into this whole issue, no leaders will give this type of advise to their man ,if PS had advise her not to comes clean ,it really don't benefit the party much the most they just apologise on behalf for her ,case close. If they advise her not to speak up the truth, when things turn the other way round the party will be in trouble, believe WP leaders are smart leaders.don't make sense to me base on her statement on the committee interview.i trust PS.
No, it meant if not pressed by Parliament to back up, just continue the LIE and bring it to the grave and let the lie be buried. Nobody in Singapore will know that it was a LIE
Pritam, i will apply to your party to replace Raeesah. I believe based on trust, that i Am Superior to her in talents. I guarantee i wont make the silly mistake she made. I guarantor that. Its time sg deserve a better talent like me. If i were PS i would have selected far better talents. What a setback to the Opposition movement. Thanks to the WP. Why is the word Worker in the party? Worker union meh? 🤣🤣🤣
@@jpphua602 i find it funny, when people like you revert to JoUrNaLiSt NoT fAiR. I dont give a fk about the jounalist, but the answer that PS gave along with the bahaviour of the rest of WP is unacceptable.
@@jonathantio7531 Another fun fact. Teh Cheang Wan embezzled $1 million under LKY's PAP. And no press briefing. That incident alone did not make LKY a bad leader. Nor the PAP a bad party.
To me I don’t care who come in as opposition, I support multiple party system in singapore as not to have any walkover policy , they will be mistake in sending in opposition member and so what ? There are so many questions not being answer by papaya party ….. and I don’t care ven they a rat 🐀 stand in for election I will vote for the rats to ensure there are no more walk over by the ruling party .
How can Singaporeans trust you to run the country??
No Way . LTK made Wrong Choice.
How to run country?
All are liers!! If this party run the country Singapore will be FINISHED!!!!!💣🕳
Yes agree totally. Integrity is of utmost importance. Once trust is lost, it will be forever.
@@diorlovemeii1305
I agree with you. LKY's biggest fear is crooks elected into Parliament.
The country will go down the drain
She lied, not just once but 3 times.. goes to show her character...
Agreed. Now, think about the WP leadership.
@@ianchong3996 RK of cos.. and now it seems that the whole of WP reputation is in shambles...
Yup...
It's kind of fishy when she made that statement. And its not like the only party had a bad apple before. Still it won't deter their supporters wanting them as an alternatives voice in parliament just because of one senseless member. Let's wait for next ge to come.
@@mozart8900 yup i agree.. but definately the trust has eroded... i still feel Mr Low Thia Kiang is more trustworthy..
Why do you need someone to resign when you can sack them. Does WP think that its wrong to lie or is it only wrong to lie when you are caught? You had hoped that you could sweep the matter under the carpet. Sexual Assualt Victims and the Singapore Police Force are the real victims of this whole episode.
In politics and high profit jobs is that not very common? You get fired by resigning. Else, if they really need to fire you, it will be bad and ugly for you.
@@ttkoh123 A Leader has to be Decisive like LKY. Should not wait for months and then Talk after got Caught.
@@gracelim2336
You are right .Took too long to come clean
@@ttkoh123 Dead or alive we can still learn from him. Its like history is in the past but we still learn from history.
Cos if they sack her then do they also sack themselves?
By Calvin Cheng: “Workers Party and Raeesah Khan - 3 questions answered”
The Workers Party leadership has admitted they knew Raeesah Khan lied months before she confessed in Parliament.
They claim that they gave her time to talk to her family, and wanted her to confess personally in Parliament.
The problem is that the timeline of events does not add up.
- The WP has revealed that they knew she lied a week after she delivered her speech in August.
- She was told to tell her family and clarify personally in Parliament, as soon as she could.
- In September, Ms Khan came down with shingles and could not attend Parliament.
- In October, Ms Khan was again questioned by Min Shanmugam and once again lied, despite already telling the WP leadership that it was a lie.
This is where the Workers’ Party’s explanation starts to crumble.
The WP says that after Ms. Khan lied again, the WP leadership told her she must clarify at the next available opportunity.
HOWEVER, the WP forgets that the next available opportunity then was not the November 2021 parliamentary session, as they want the public to believe!
The October parliamentary session was held over TWO DAYS - 4th October 2021 and 5th October 2021.
Raeesah Khan lied to Min Shan on 4th October 2021.
The WP leaders are now saying they were taken aback, and asked her to come clean at the next available opportunity.
In that case, why didn’t the WP leadership tell her to come clean on THE VERY NEXT DAY on the 5th of October 2021???!!
And even then at any point of time Raeesah Khan could have written personally to the Speaker to confess. A personal confession doesn’t have to be a speech.
Their explanation thus does not hold water.
Does that mean that the WP leadership was trying their best to cover things up until they could not?
Were they complicit in abetting Raeesah Khan’s lies?
At the very least they are complicit when on 4 October 2021 she lied again, and did not compel her to clarify on 5 October 2021.
Was the disciplinary inquiry then not a farce? Since they already knew everything!
It seems we now have the answers to the three ‘Watergate’ questions I asked :
A. What did the WP leadership know about Raeesah Khan’s lies?
Everything.
B. When did they know about it?
Almost immediately. A week after she lied to be precise.
C. What did they do about this information?
Absolutely nothing.
@thulomanchay OK so the policeman must wait for the robber to come to the police station since the policeman has no transport. Yes I got it.
IN THE MEANTIME, there are NO national consequences?
The priority is therefore Ms MP, the person's person ahead of MP as the people's representative; the MP's personal priorities Ahead of the MP as Steward of Singapore's political Ethos.
So WP priorities are person ahead of country. So Country can wait!
@thulomanchay 19th century or 21st century?
To let the UNTRUTH lie around, sloshing around for others to make new substories and subplots? I guess this must be irrelevant or of little consequence to you.
Is Pritam training to be a counsellor or is he Managing the largest opposition party in Singapore?
Looking like the priority was playing counsellor, psychologist, helpmate to reach MP's catharsis Rather than Opposition Chief taking care of the Reputation of Singapore and the Singapore political ecosystem.
And I guess that you must be an optimistic believer than the untruths left to fester for 3+ months about Singapore on the Internet ( only local not Global) can be cleaned up and cleared up by the Internet. Or maybe it doesn't matter? Certainly a low low threshold in my opinion.
@thulomanchay
You believe in fairy tales?🤣
@thulomanchay
The news are out. So you need not do your defence anymore.
Khan and other witnesses are saying that Pritam, SL and Faizul all had a hand in keeping this lie
Very damaging to WP
@thulomanchay
You are of course biased.
Truth is truth no matter how you look at it. PS made a silly mistake.
I dont know why but it happened
I don't think PS addressed this well. Still very evasive and there was certainly no leadership in WP.
I think WP does not learn from this episode. They still think that they are in Parliament to check the PAP.
His Strategy of getting Votes at any cost Failed. So he should accept Responsibility and follow her. Let the Professor take over.
You think the PAP never lies.. All politicians lie
@Grace
And your name is Grace? Have u ever asked our PM to resign cos of his subordinates’ mistakes? Have u ever said he should resign due to poor leadership? Double standards!
@@angatheart
He knew but he didn't do anything about it.
That's the problem
@@rslin4888 Correct. Hiding the Untruth for so long is also Not Truthful.
We need the dislike button in a situation like this. I did not vote for WP. I did not but I was glad we had a greater opposition in parliament and this is how it turn out. An opposition pulling entire SG down. Seriously, this is NOT ok.
Of course it's not okay.
No accountability
@@justfair7399 It's getting more telling. It was reported that WP leaders told Raeesah to continue with her lie....omg
@@ona2779 lol no go listen to the COP
WP knew in August that she lied.
Yup why kept quiet?
From 3rd Aug to 4th Oct is 2 months and 1 day.
PS said she was suffering from shingles in Sep. For a whole month o suppose.
Very funny way of covering up
How you know ?
@@tankman20064
Did you watch the press conference?
He said it himself.
@@leelilian7514 that why!! Still can allow her to get 3 months Mp salaries $$ ?? Really shameful ! Believe alot Singaporean cannot accept this stupid matter!🕳🕳
What a WASTE of the People 's time and resources
How is that wasting time and resources?
Agree, PS should have stopped it in Aug.
@@karenng2840 The issue here is not about bashing WP or Opposition. Its a pent up frustration of Opposition supporters who see WP as an inert agent of Change. We have enough of WP. It's style guarantees us may not even see change when we die.
The frustration is aimed at Pritam Singh. Enough Is Enough! It's God's Will that WP is now being taken to task
@@LonganLee
You are probably right. They are not in it for the country. Probably just as careers. They can't earn that much outside .
The leader of WP failed to manage the incident appropriately where he represents as a party head.
Being leader of wp and his team knowingly choose to delay for almost 3 mths for this case . It is absolutely disappointing and unacceptable
At its lightest, poor leadership. At its worst, lacked integrity! Which is lighter crime? Ans is obvious. But either is not acceptable in this context! PS said every MP is a leader in his/her own. This does not absolve his overall n party leadership as Sec Gen. Every party has a hierarchy structure. In every individual leader, there’s an overall leader. I find his defence incomprehensible, in fact unbelievable for his political experience n as a lawyer! If everybody is a leader n answers only to himself, then y need the various positions n hierarchy? RS is a novice. Nonetheless no excuse for what she had done. It’s about personal values. But the 3 r old timers, veterans. They ought to know that pap will investigate every allegation, accusation n concern. Hoping for it to go away on its own simply tells me they have not learnt anything about politics in spite of being involved in it for decades. This incident is not solely affecting WP as a once viable opposition with largest presence in parliament. It casts a shadow on oppositions in general! Will WP implode under his watch? The verdict is still out there! To be fair to all parties, observers, supporters, critics, neutrals etc, it’s only fair to let public prosecutor do the rest. But one thing I know from experience. Once pap decides to move against any case n anyone, it’s as good as the coffin is nailed. Hope I m wrong this time though.
Very disappointing. After knowing it months ahead, as a responsible political party should step forward to tell the truth and not push to the MP and up to her when she wants to come clean. No accountability of leadership at all. High tolerant of dishonesty. How can we trust our country to them? Singapore talent pool is really just enough for 1 team. Team B is really cannot make it. One simple case like this also cannot settle properly how to solve more complex problems if elected as a ruling party?
Weak leader. He is making the story more complicated due to the cover ups
11% of Singaporeans voted for this
The diehards or the hardcores.
They do not know how Spore make her living. What's the point of having alternative voice when there is no food on the table.
Our reporters are very kind… surprisingly no one ask when PS decided to wait for RK to own up her lies in parliament, was he taking a stand as a compassionate friend of RK, or a leader of WP, or a party leader representing SZ? Whose interest in his mind when he and his members made the decision???
Clearly not the interest of the state. So many man hours lost by SPF trying to verify this claim against the police. Police resources are critical and should not be misused. There is a law on this I think when people misused police resources like make a false claim.
Well said 👍👍👍
Ps and his team only have their own political and self interests in mind. Lost " trust and confidence" in them
@@pansylim6254 For most opposition parties, this is indeed the case. As they are fighting to unseat the ruling party, they will target its weak points while hiding their own too.
“Trust Takes Years To Build, Seconds To Break And Forever To Mend”
Why trust when audit is better? Audit the claims they make. With truth you no need to base on believing or trust
😂
A 27 year old inexperience young woman without going thru much of life experience and has lived outside of SG most of her time, desire to be a champion community leader and now the truth is out where the blind leads 51% of the blind in Sengkang or Sink Khan to Timbaktu.
@Kim Yong, obviously she could not have won the election if SK is not a GRC ward.
She lied. Period
Mr. Pritam, the "opportunity to set the record straight" is NOT more important than you as the leader of the opposition telling the truth to the people IMMEDIATELY.
Why didn't he act sooner?
To him, after giving RK close to 2 months to set the record right in October while she still lie and persist to give her more time till November to set the record right is more important than the integrity of SPF. This kind of judgement call?
The leadership thought waah Gungho one of their MP dare hantam SPF teruk2..let's see the whites what to answer !!!
This is the type of opposition party we chose to represent us. How clear minded we must have been!
So what this kind of opposition? U think the papaya good ? How many things are hide away ? Whatever it is multiple system should be implement in singapore even they put a rates for election I will vote for the rats ane not to a coverup and walk over !
@@cathhl2440 why not , good to have this show here and let those who use this to measure those papaya
You poor thing. To believe a liar so readily.
WP has been the best opposition in Singapore since ge 2000
Did WP leaders asked Khan to continue to hide and lie about her lie? WP need to respond immediately and seriously!
林先生** The leaders knew her lies & asked her "take all the information to the grave!!! "This is really a "BIG BOMB" latest news for this stupid issue !!Dam Ugly!!!💣🕳
Not good on WP part. Looks so bad.
You confused again?
@@kaiyin3842 Only the confused
Disappointed with the WP leadership for dragging its feet on this. Nuff said.
WP leaders are disappointing.. asking her to continue to lie.. now that we know the truth.. WP lost much integrity
Don't understand why need to continue the LIE.
This is the quality of opposition parties
Truly lost my " Trust and Confidence" in wp
With this type of Opposition, its acturely better not to have one because the screw ups only *TAINT THE IMAGE OF OPPOSITION.* Now , the middle voters may perceive Opposition as a bunch of .... comprising questionable characters. We no need to worry Zero Opposition because life in SG will only get worse for many and these will want a Voice
I hope that the WP would not,in the coming days,be telling more lies to cover up what she had said.That verily,would be the beginning of the end for the WP.
Politics or not,honesty is always the best policy.
No. WP have really failed in managing this incident. It was her responsibility to set the record straight, but it is also WP MPs responsibility to ensure a known lie is not perpetuated in the parlimentary sitting. This will surely cost them votes either but the leadership's lack of action will surely be more damaging than a timely action to reveal the truth. Think of what the optics could have been if they were the ones to actively come out and ensure that the public is not misled any further than it already was.
Absent leadership
Absent honorable leadership.
Pap didn't even try to manage their own.
How much more could we trust this group of people? Integrity is the 1st quality we look for in all politicians representing us.
Honesty is the Best Policy
Pap worse
Totally agree that integrity is the essential quality 👌
@@pansylim6254 all same as pap. But only see who is giving the ppl a easier time.
I hope she get jailed and caned for lying to us and defamed SPF.
How can the periods of the lies be aug to oct to nov? Is the workers party real in wanting to discipline their own members?
PS said it is up to the members to correct themselves. Lies are okay , just correct it when necessary.
As long as you are Confuse no more.
@@rslin4888 Lies are okay? Maybe its better for you to read the legislative bill? And that mentality you are provoking deems that a mistake can always be forgiven? Not sure about that?
Cannot understand why from aug to October.. party has no urgency to correct parliamentary records... sounds weird
@@purpletulip1688
The urgency was sorely missing. Hence the need to understand why and there were text messages between R and her associates which might shed light to the affair.
And her associates did meet PS and they confirmed the " your call" and " I won't judge you:. Both of them were consistent in this
The fact is,not only Ms Khan has alleged that the WP's helm is less than honest,Mr.Yaw has done so too.
What has prompted him to voice out after so many years of'hibernation' and 'exile'?He must have cogent reasons to do so.
What a spicy explainations! When the last drop of integrity and credibilty were gone, the trust has already been broken, apologising means nothing without face value.
There are two aspects the WP should have considered. Firstly. the criteria of selection of candidates to participate in the General Election should have been stringent. Many former anti-PAP individuals and their family members have now become good guys and handsomely rewarded, a political trend these days. Next, the speeches and claims by Raeesah should have been vetted by Pritam. The party has lost its credibility.
Raeesah sabo-ed WP big time!
@@serirayna2789 Nope. Much bigger sabo by the WP DC.
@@serirayna2789 Yes. But if WP have managed this properly, they would come out top.
However, with every steps PS took, it just demonstrate that he is out of depth to manage his people/party.
Imagine, your boss asked you to do something and you persist to do the opposite(referring to the October sitting), you think nothing will happen to you for insubordination?
Especially this matter is rather grave given that it implicate the integrity of SPF. This is not the Grey area. This is a clear admission of wrong doing.
And if the need is there, why isn’t the DP set up earlier.
WP should have not getting her to form the team for the GRC. What a disgrace and she just have to take full responsibility.
Oh yeah? How about the WP leadership ie. the DC taking responsibility?!?
A lapse in judgement for not vetting more stringently. Trusting on gut instincts may be slightly lop sided. Lesson well learnt / noted by ALL political parties in future decisions.
@@SimonK3113 Not so much a lapse in judgement as it was a lack of integrity and in courage. All those ridiculous excuses & "reasons" why the WP DC (all 3 of them) are using to dump on one of their own must surely be obvious.
What about the voters who sent her to parliament with their votes for the sake of having an opposition
Hahaha. Brother the voters now go inside cave hide.
@@ttkoh123 pui
Damage has been done.
Pritam Singh should have vetted the speech BEFORE Serious Allegations were said in Parliament. *F9 in leadership.* Opposition United should replace WP. "Opposition United" is a metaphor
Who is so dumb to vote for WP? Huh? Residents of sengkang?
Liers shame on her also shame WP 👎👎👎
I see no future for Worker Party. Other parties have fought harder for Workers. After decades , still so underperforming. Its better for opposition movement to let other Alternative party rise to replace WP. So unlike a Opposition party. So disappointing. So quiet online in engaging the netizens. Since his additional salary he is been collecting what have we got in return? I wont say ShortChanged out of courtesy. Some even label WP as Team B. Why? Its very understandable why there is such an angst in the people. If we rely only on WP for change i think none of us will ever see Change in our life times. Guaranteed. How is such a character chosen as candidate? A timebomb? Yet Pritam Singh has not been taken to task
U are very right. Ps and his team should be held accountable whereby they failed to uphold their integrities. Truly lack credibility and i lost my " Trust and Confidence" in wp
@@pansylim6254 i only feel that PS need to go. But the whole wp membership and fan basr need to be whacked by a cane to wake up. They are blindly following a "opposition" leading us to first world parliament which will take possibly 100 years long
@@malita354 not only ps sl and fm too. They are truly irresponsible without credibility and integrity. Am aljunied grc resident and am very familiar with their poor management
@@pansylim6254 Whats your view in Team B conspiracy theory?
@@pansylim6254 why would they let residents have this perception ? I heard some residents told me about bad performance but i thought those are intentionally spreading falsehoods as i have not witnessed their performance except in parliament which is dissat. I also see their inline engagement supports team B theory but then not sufficient evidence
Thanks for Destroying the Opposition Movement
Worker party got no integrity at all. They r trying to push their luck. Why not telling the true? Latest by end of Aug. Gave her 3 mths of MP's salary to consider.... 👍WP👍
Aug 3rd they already knew. Did nothing .4th Oct she told more lies.
What's going on?
Trying to cover up.. hoping that it would die down... but no luck so had to come clean. I want trustworthy and capable opp members. The more the merrier but NOT this type!
She lied in parliament. Accusing our very police force of mishandling a rape case! What is her intention? That is the most absurd thing to do!
I am proud of how the political party in Singapore behaves. They are serious, intelligent and always accountable in the ways they serve the country. That is something many so called politicians must possess before they can go into politics.
when you have wool over your eyes I am not surprised by your response. The actual truth is something that needs to come out. Just wait a while later than give your views.
Say ‘I am sexually abused’ to put yourself in real victims place and then people won’t question you further. We suppose to use this next time?
When you recruit a person who cannot take responsibility for herself, you recruit a troublemaker and a shit-stirrer. “Now that I have lied, tell me should I continue to lie or not?” It sounded most juvenile.
Now....care to correct your statement. Juvenile? Which liars cannot take responsibility?
3rd Aug
To Oct is 2 months
1st Nov
Really until Mr Shamugam etc in parliament then you decide you given her enough time? If not then when is enough time if this wasnt pursued? The leadership needs to take blame! Stir shit if not caught is fine????
She is a pathological liar.
Pritam is not helping by covering up
Poor leadership
Really disappointing !
But you expect nothing in the first place.
If not for the 365k annual salary, I think PS would not be muddle headed to decide what needs to be corrected at the get go.
Do you sincerely think he can earn this kind of salary in the private sector? He is just a mediocre lawyer.
He really messed it big time.
As LO Mr Singh should have queried his MP of the finger pointing of the SPF shortcomings which is a serious matter then..undoing the govt machinery ..
She lied, then more lies to cover up. Sama sama, all are liers. Can't imagine one day SG is led by this group of people🥶!
She lied, by whatever reason, and the party was burnt? no. Still the same. Singapore support you hehehe. I know this guy can do more and i hope they do stay strong.
I am a resident of sengkang for almost 23 years already. Surely I am qualified to take over the vacant position to form the 4 masketeers to take care of sengkang. I don't lie and cheat to my fellow sengkang residents as of now. Let me recite a poem "turn over a new leaf" . That will be my slogan to serve the sengkang residents. I only ask for S$9k per month as a consultant maybe 3k each contribution from the other 3 current sengkang MPs. 😁🤣😂🤔
SPH is on a mission to produce quality journalists. The comments of the anti-oppies here will destroy its mission.
🤔 if your name is liar liar, then is everything you say a lie?
It saddens me to see how Singaporeans are so apathetic towards how our parliamentary system work.
Parliamentary Privilege means a member is immune from being sued in a civil court for lying in parliament.
How can Ms Khan be abusing Parliamentary Privilege when that privilege is accorded to her as an MP? She's just exercising her privilege.
This should not be a trial of Ms Khan lying in parliament.
This should be a trial of the Parliamentary Privilege as it gives immunity to members lying in parliament.
How come Sylvia Chan's NOC Interview has more Views than this??
Pritam, luckily you have the gift of the gap, otherwise one by one of your low quality members will tear WP apart.
so glad PAP is my government!!
What PS did is correct; he gave personal space to RK as she is a victim of a sexual assault to share with family members first. The lie told in Parliament will be known in times to come, and is for RK as MP to clarify and correct her mistake. Why would WP team want to keep a lie when even anyone of us knows it is impossible to tell a lie in Parliament and not uncovered. So supporters, lend your support to WP team. Go and look at history of a political party, don't that team also have MP that made mistakes?
Can tell that Mr Pritam Singh is very unhappy during this press conference. Lesson Learned
Thats too bad. Just think for those who trusted and voted for you.
Don't anyhow think, anyhow say & anyhow write...just like R.Khan
@@ConradSNIPER You Dont anyhow assume, anyhow confuse & put words in peoples' mouth just like how you want to imagine !
@@dragonboy181is still so confuse?
"You will know the Truth, and the Truth shall set you free"
Mr Singh, it is your responsibility to set the record right
What happened to Mr WARMS THE COCKLES OF MY HEART? I was hoping that he can say something about this.
The cockles are cold lah
I cannot tahan his false accent
Cockles of my heart expired already brother. Cockles shrink liao le
@@brmin7312 Ya lah...he reminded me of Amos Yee...
@@bishan2281
Amos Yee is coming back. Kicked out by USA.
Let's see how Mary Toh will protect her son this time. Last time, she blamed the govt for her son's woes.
What did Amos do to get arrested in USA? Child pyrography.
Amos was strongly supported by CSJ at that time
He is incompetent period
Honestly, they might have been trying to be kind and weight all the issues at hand. But they acted too slow in politics. Should have confronted and forced her to apologise way earlier.
All I can say is. She must be very very good at giving believable excuses. Her powers of delay tactics is EPIC.
If u think she is very good and deceive PS and the rest then I think WP are all stupid and doesn't fit to be in parliament lor. I dun believe WP members are say kind hearted or what la mostly they want this issue to resolve without any issue raise by pap but too bad they calculate wrongly now must wipe their own backside liao
You want leaders who can be fooled easily? Can they lead the country in the cruel world. We would be swallowed up including our bones
This is really just poor leadership with slow and poor judgement call that give lower priority to the interest of the country.
Alternative facts = Kellyanne Conway , Untruth (lies)= Carry on Conways (RK). Will do well in US politics.
Will do well esp she not only can lie, she can stir racial and religious divide.Looks a fertile ground for her to pollute
I sincerely hope that all the Sengkang residents will awake and make your right choice on the coming election.
But why told such lie?
Isn't that childish?
Really lack of personality 😜
Malicious
I know what we should say : " Aiyo! *This sort of thing is BOH BIAN one mah!* Hee heee heee heee" Is there anything we got a choice in SG?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ok there are worse things going on around the world n in sg too let's move on
No country and there will be no lives .Certain principles and accountability must be observed to preserve the country.
If We the Peeps of sg don't turn this fiasco into an *Opportunity to Whack WP to Force a Change* in WP, then we are even more Stupiid than this incredibly unbelievable own goal. Boh G Buay Toa Han.
This meeting has the following traits in comparison with an MP vacating Marsiling seat.
1) It has the residents in mind. The plan of the redrawn constituencies boundaries was shown and clarity who is taking over which blocks.
2) A representative to act as an advisor, a Malay MP (in a different GRC) no less.
3) Relevant (inconvenient) questions posed by the media to hold the party accountable.
4) Relevant stakeholders were present. (At party level and GRC level)
In my opinion, comparing Marsiling case, the hype of the Presidential Election has overshadowed the lost of an elected MP in a GRC.
It's unfortunate that LO P. Singh was too soft as the chief in WP. A disciplinary committee should have been formed when they first learned about the untruths (lies), to let her know the severity of her lies! By giving her time to heal with her family members, it probably made her feel entitled to continue lying to parliament without consciously taking in the gravity of her actions.
You believe the story?
@@justfair7399 Well, 8 hours ago when I left this comment, the COP hearing was not yet published. I've just seen the hearing and wow, what a freaking plot twist!
@@sandyorange
PS has a lot to account for after RK said that the leaders asked her to stick to the lie
This is the cover up I am talking about
Discipline panel consist of the same 3 RK confessed in August.👏👏👏
People makes mistakes if those who are commenting feel you can do better and you are someone who can handle shit go ahead bruh. Dumbass the Wp is doing everything they can. Tbh dont let one bad tree ruin the entire forest.
bruh being an Mp aint easy so just shit up and let them handle it.
Why she is not in the press conference? Damage control!
To tell more lies ?
This Raheesah is such a disgrace, she could have done so much for her own race.Instead she choose to bring the whole of Singapore down.I used to support her, but how she pulled everyone along with her shows such poor character.
members of WP must hold on to their day job n b part time politicans which they r void of NEW ideas... drumming the same old songs... wp has no passion but mere figure heads b seen as an opposition to pap...no contest.
Thats why i say even if today Zero Oppositiom exist in parliament, it makes no difference. In fact it could even force the citizens to be braver in the next GE. See, sg will like 1 opposition in sg to balance things. So even if WP is wiped out, the people will still have no choice but to elect one Opposition into parliament because of Boh Bian.
Aeh Pritam Singh , Nobody 's Interested In Either PAP 🤡 or WP
🤯 Everyone IS Fervently Focussed
ON Omicron and So Should You 😡
i believe you did the right thing pritam sir.
Since Raeesah Khan vacated her position, is she going to run for President (will she be barred from Political interest)?
*David Marshall* is Eternally Inexistent in SG. 50 year one such talent appear
RK has no integrity. She’s just an opportunist as far as I am concerned. She’s likely to do anything to save her skin. Being the seasoned liar that she appears to be, it is best to ignore her version of the “truth”. I don’t believe anything she says.
Hey brother pritam! What the hell bro? Ownself check ownself bro. Raesah making you all look bad bro. Come meet me confirm you stress. I cio you one can guiness stout.
With Yaw contradicting Pritam, it has become very messy. God saves WP.
Wp should have fact check first before make Parliamentary speech. WP can come out with any excuses but the truth is that she lied 3 times and yet WP allow it happen until the discovery was made public. How can the people trust WP in future, there should due diligent so that all presentation should be truthful.
W.P ; what is the I.Q of Raeesah Khan?
Does WP REPRESENT residents who say they are not as gung-ho and active as PSP?
Populism sells 🤣
WP wanted to cover up this incident in the first place. What a shame!!!
Unlike pap they don't have the capability.
reputation finito WP can resign also
Two Omicron cases in Singapore !!! PAP Team B activated to divert attention on Govt failure!!!!
@thulomanchay He anyhow Bark at the zWrong Tree
😂 OMNICRON IS FAKE LAH! For goodness sake! 😂🤦🏻♀️
@@gracelim2336 Des Chan never take medicine..
@@kaiyin3842 His Chinese Name is Fake. He hates Chinese people and Chinese Vaccines and don't believe in TCM
Think deeply into this whole issue, no leaders will give this type of advise to their man ,if PS had advise her not to comes clean ,it really don't benefit the party much the most they just apologise on behalf for her ,case close. If they advise her not to speak up the truth, when things turn the other way round the party will be in trouble, believe WP leaders are smart leaders.don't make sense to me base on her statement on the committee interview.i trust PS.
The world is not short of stupidity.
And he is our leader
Rubbish... She is a new mp less than 2yrs exp. U know at August... BT do nothing
Raeesah Khan !
WHY MUST IT BE YOU - AGAIN
________
See the troubles you'd created
I do agree with Mr singh that Mdm Raeesah Khan has to be responsible and take ownership for the statements she has made in parliament.
No, it meant if not pressed by Parliament to back up, just continue the LIE and bring it to the grave and let the lie be buried. Nobody in Singapore will know that it was a LIE
Pritam, i will apply to your party to replace Raeesah. I believe based on trust, that i Am Superior to her in talents. I guarantee i wont make the silly mistake she made. I guarantor that. Its time sg deserve a better talent like me. If i were PS i would have selected far better talents. What a setback to the Opposition movement. Thanks to the WP. Why is the word Worker in the party? Worker union meh? 🤣🤣🤣
Work to lie harder.
Unlimited questions from reporter in this briefing.
One question per reporter in every MMTF briefing on Covid.
So transparent, PAP.
Like how WP is transparent here too? Transparently incompetent?
@@jonathantio7531 to
How many questions are reporters allowed to ask in every PAP MMTF briefing on Covid?
One.
@@jpphua602 i find it funny, when people like you revert to JoUrNaLiSt NoT fAiR. I dont give a fk about the jounalist, but the answer that PS gave along with the bahaviour of the rest of WP is unacceptable.
@@jonathantio7531
I made a factual statement you cannot refute.
You are free to react however you want.
@@jonathantio7531
Another fun fact.
Teh Cheang Wan embezzled $1 million under LKY's PAP. And no press briefing.
That incident alone did not make LKY a bad leader. Nor the PAP a bad party.
Manap working OT ah? $16k a month? Can lah
Can his standard earn more outside?
You judge
Theres a word ..DESPICABLE
Alot of attacks from gov trolls. Manage ur own first instead of smearing others.
HAVE TO BE CAREFUL,THEY DONT LIKE OPPOSITIONS.HUMANE DO MAKE MISTAKE.THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS RIGHT .BECAREFUL.
Humane are not humans.
Be careful of what you post
What i find PS good is his ability to speak good and clear english. LTK gave my ears a hard time🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 thank santa he is gone
His might not be clear. But he did well. He worked hard.
Pritam is good too
@@gparamaeswary7276 PS is not whats gonna bring Change to SG. Maybe they can only achieve in 100 years if not 101.
To me I don’t care who come in as opposition, I support multiple party system in singapore as not to have any walkover policy , they will be mistake in sending in opposition member and so what ? There are so many questions not being answer by papaya party ….. and I don’t care ven they a rat 🐀 stand in for election I will vote for the rats to ensure there are no more walk over by the ruling party .
Mistakes are not lies! Btw no wonder lies are now legit reasons?