The Workers’ Party (WP) is set to hold a press conference tomorrow (19 July) with invited representatives of the media, to address the viral video that allegedly shows Nicole Seah and Leon Perera’s “inappropriate exchange”.
This comes in the wake of the WP’s 2-hour emergency meeting after the emergence of the video, that was attended by 13 members of their Central Executive Committee (CEC), which included former WP chief Low Thia Khiang.
Seah and Perera were notable absentees from the meeting, which was held at the WP’s party headquarters in Geylang on Monday night (17 July).
Shin Min Daily News reported that Low had arrived to the HQ at about 9.32pm and brushed off reporters’ questions, before Sengkang GRC MP Jamus Lim arrived about 3 minutes later, telling reporters that he was only there for a meeting.
WP chief Pritam Singh then later arrived at the HQ at about 9.36pm before the meeting started, and he then left the building at about 11.28pm after the meeting, followed by the rest of the CEC members.
Workers’ Party’s media statement
𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭
Yesterday, Monday, 17 July 2023, The Workers’ Party shared that it was looking into the video clip of an inappropriate exchange between two senior party members.
The Party will be holding a press conference with invited representatives of the media tomorrow, on Wednesday, 19 July 2023 to address this matter.
Recap
A video emerged online by Facebook user Victoria Wang (which has since been taken down), showing an alleged “inappropriate exchange” between Workers’ Party senior members Leon Perera and Nicole Seah, according to reports by STOMP, Shin Min Daily News, The Straits Times, Channel NewsAsia and TODAY Online.
The two were seen in the video having dinner with what appeared to be glasses of red wine, with the person alleged to be Perera appearing to be holding on to Seah’s right hand and stroking it gently before Seah leaned in closer to say something inaudible to him.
Following the emergence of the video online, the Workers’ Party issued a media statement saying that they are aware of the video clip “that suggests an inappropriate exchange between two senior Party members”.
They said that they are currently looking in the matter and will comment when they have the facts, and added that they “expects all its members to fully own and account for their behaviour.”