 announced in a statement on Facebook that Raeesah Khan, the MP for Sengkang GRC, has resigned from the party.){kind=link}
The Workers’ Party (WP) announced in a statement on Facebook that Raeesah Khan, the MP for Sengkang GRC, has resigned from the party.
They said that their Central Executive Committee (CEC) had met on 30 November at 8pm to decide on the actions to take against her by the Disciplinary Committee (which comprises of Secretary-General Pritam Singh, chairperson Sylvia Lim and vice-chairperson Faisal Manap).
The disciplinary committee was formed on 2 November to look into her false admissions in Parliament.
Raeesah Khan resigns
Khan had informed in person Singh that she wanted to resign from the party and did so in person at 8pm.
The statement said that a press conference would be held tomorrow (2 December) to shed more light to the public.
Details pertaining to the furutre plans for the Compassvale ward will also be revealed tomorrow.
Raeesah Khan also posted a copy of her resignation letter (to the speaker of parliament Tan Chuan Jin) onto her Facebook
Context
Raeesah Khan had claimed in Parliament on 3 August earlier this year that she accompanied a rape survivor to make a police report and later admitted on 1 November that she was not present with the woman at the time, and that she had only heard the victim share about it in a support group.
An official complaint against Khan was then lodged by Leader of The House Indranee Rajah, and the matter was then referred to the Committee of Privileges.
Chief of the Workers’ Party Pritam Singh then released a statement that Khan should not have shared an account that contained untruths in the house.
You can read the Workers’ Party’s full statement below: