Pritam Singh, 48, secretary-general of the Workers’ Party, was found guilty on two counts of lying to a parliamentary committee. He faces a maximum sentence of three years’ behind bars and a fine of up to Sg$7,000 on each charge. The conviction is a blow to the Southeast Asian nation’s struggling political opposition which is seeking to challenge the overwhelming dominance of the ruling People’s Action Party. The PAP has ruled the wealthy city-state since 1959 and won 83 of the 93 seats at stake in the 2020 general elections to retain its dominance. The main opposition Workers’ party captured 10 seats, four more than previously held, in its strongest performance yet since independence in 1965. The party’s leaders have said they hope to further increase the party’s numbers in parliament in the upcoming elections which will be new premier Lawrence Wong’s first major political test. The former MP confessed that she lied when telling parliament in 2021 that a police officer supoosedly made \”insensitive comments\” about the way the alleged victim was dressed and that she had drunk alcohol. But Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam had said there was no record in the police files of such an incident and Khan eventually admitted to lying about the story.
Pritam Singh, 48, secretary-general of the Workers’ Party, w….
