Singapore MP set to be prosecuted for lying to police

The committee, chaired by Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin, was convened to investigate former WP MP Raeesah Khan over lies that she had told the House in 2021. She claimed to have accompanied a sexual assault victim to a police station where the victim was treated insensitively, but this was later found to be untrue.

Mr Singh and Mr Faisal were among the people who turned up before the committee for its hearings.

After the hearings, the committee submitted a 1,180-page report and Parliament voted in favor of the committee's recommendation to levy a fine of S $35,000 against Ms Raeesah. She resigned as MP for Sengkang GRC.

The committee voted in favor of the committee's recommendation that Mr Singh and Mr Faisal be referred to the Public Prosecutor to examine if criminal proceedings should be instituted. The Attorney-General then referred the duo's conduct to the police for investigation.

In a statement on April 29 last year, the police said they had been going through the evidence provided by Parliament and would be engaging persons relevant to the case as part of the investigations into the possible offences disclosed.

After the committee's report was released, one lawyer told TODAY that criminal proceedings could take months or years to complete.