Timeline: How a lie by Raeesah Khan led to Pritam Singh being charged with lying to a parliament committee

Feb 10, 2022: The permissions commission released its findings on Ms Khan’s do.

It found her guilty of violating her political pleasure and suggested that she be fined S$ 35, 000 for lying in congress and telling a lie.

Additionally, the committee suggested that Mr. Faisal and Singh been referred to the public prosecutor for further investigation.

For Singh, especially, it was” with a view to considering whether judicial proceedings ought to be brought in for his do before the Committee.”

The committee also suggested that Mr. Faisal been questioned for refusing to respond to any pertinent questions from the council and to ask if there should be criminal charges brought against him.

The committee wrote:” We are satisfied that Mr Singh ( and to a lesser extent, Mr Faisal and Ms Lim ), have been untruthful in their evidence, under oath, to this Committee. This does amount to fraud, a critical legal crime”.

The commission discovered that Ms. Khan had been acting in accordance with both Ms. Lim and the leaders in an effort to “keep to the untruth” from August 8 through August. According to the committee, on October 3, she received additional advice from Singh regarding continuing to lie.

The commission said it recognised that “her mental health has been badly and formally attacked, in particular, by Mr Singh”.

Feb 11, 2022: WP released a statement addressing the agency’s advice.

It expressed “grave problem” about the improvements and stated that both officials may work with the public prosecutor and fight for their rights in judge if charges are brought.

Subsequently- Speaker of Parliament Tan Chun- Jin eventually said that efforts to politicise the agency’s results were “regrettable”.

Feb 15, 2022: Lawmakers debated the agency’s results in congress.

After more than four days, the House voted to proceed with the$ 35, 000 good for Ms. Khan S. and to recommend Mr. Faisal to the public prosecutor.

Ms. Indranee cited the Parliament ( Privileges, Immunities, and Powers ) Act to explain why the two party leaders should be referred for criminal prosecution rather than being fined and why the courts should be at all involved.

It information a group of offences which “essentially, freak, obstruct or avoid the procedures of parliament”, she said. For these, congress has the power to speak circumstances to the public prosecutor.

She added that it did so for Singh because of the” seriousness” of his conduct before the parliamentary privileges commmittee.

Singh rejected the agency’s findings, and said that “gaps and errors” in the document suggested social partisanship. He further stated that he wanted to completely engage and that he intended to clear his name.

Apr 29, 2022: The authorities said Singh’s and Mr Faisal’s circumstances had been referred by the public counsel to the police, and that it would be engaging important people as part of studies.