WP leaders told Raeesah Khan to 'continue with the narrative' after she lied in Parliament: Committee of Privileges report

"The reference to taking the 'information to the grave' was that Ms Khan should continue to lie about the sexual assault case and allegation against the police," stated the abstract.It additionally acknowledged that Mr Singh visited Ms Khan at house on Oct 3 and “told her that if she kept to her existing narrative on the untruths which she had said on Aug 3, there would be no judgement by him”.“Ms Khan understood, from what Mr Pritam Singh said, that Mr Pritam Singh was advising her to continue to lie, should the matter come up the next day (Oct 4) during the Parliamentary session,” the abstract stated.Ms Khan was questioned in Parliament on Oct 4 by Law and Home Affairs Minister Ok Shanmugam about it, and she saved with the lie.She then met with Mr Singh and Ms Lim on Oct 4. “They discussed the next steps, including about a possible Committee of Privileges which might be set up to look at Ms Khan’s conduct,” the report stated. “Neither Mr Pritam Singh nor Ms Sylvia Lim asked Ms Khan why she had lied again earlier, in answering questions asked by the Minister for Home Affairs. Nor did they suggest that Ms Khan clarify the truth in Parliament.”Ms Khan additionally sought recommendation from Mr Singh and Ms Lim when she acquired an e-mail from police on Oct 7, inviting her to help them in investigating the issues she had raised.“They directed her not to respond to the Police and to ignore the requests, as the police could not compel Ms Khan to speak with the police,” the report stated.On Oct 12, she was known as to a gathering by Mr Singh, throughout which she met with him and Ms Lim.“By then, Mr Pritam Singh and Ms Sylvia Lim got here to the view that the matter wouldn't be dropped, and was not going to go away. “The three of them discussed together, and decided that Ms Khan should come clean and tell the truth. At this meeting, Ms Khan asked, if disciplinary action will be taken against her and the answer given to her was no.”She then made a private rationalization in Parliament on Nov 1, in which she clarified that she had lied on Aug 3 and Oct 4.Read the report in full right here.