Workers' Party to respond to Committee of Privileges' interim report at 'appropriate forum and juncture'

SINGAPORE: The Workers' Party (WP) will respond to the Committee of Privileges' interim report "at the appropriate forum and juncture", it stated in a Facebook put up on Sunday (Dec 5) night time. "We note the release of the interim report by the Parliamentary Committee of Privileges without having taken the evidence of Workers’ Party leaders against whom serious allegations have been made," stated the WP.Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh is ready to testify earlier than the Committee of Privileges, a place he "made clear" on Dec 2, the WP added. "Some members of the general public have requested why Workers’ Party leaders haven't responded so far to the interim report launched by the Committee of Privileges. "We understand that the Committee’s work remains in progress. It is thus prudent for a response to be given at the appropriate forum and juncture," the WP stated on Sunday. In an interim report launched late on Friday night time, the Committee of Privileges stated former Sengkang GRC Member of Parliament (MP) Raeesah Khan had testified that senior WP leaders suggested her to "continue with the narrative" after she lied in Parliament, and had additionally “directed her not to respond to the police”.Ms Khan was referred to the Committee of Privileges on Nov 1 after she admitted to mendacity in Parliament a few sexual assault case, which she claimed had been mishandled by the police. She first talked about the case on Aug 3 throughout the WP’s movement on empowering ladies.