SINGAPORE — The Workers' Party leadership did not call up the driver of former Aljunied GRC MP Leon Perera for an interview, after receiving messages from him about Mr Perera's affair, said Leader of the Opposition and WP chief Pritam Singh in Parliament on Wednesday (Aug 2).
He was responding to questions from Mr Vikram Nair (Sembawang GRC) on why the driver was not called up for an interview, and whether steps were taken to protect the driver's identity as an informant.
Mr Singh said: "There was no corroboratory information for us to work with. There was no other source. If either of these two criteria came into play, I think something different would have happened. We would have had to look into the matter more carefully, beyond what Mr Perera had shared to us."
Mr Singh also answered no, when asked by Mr Vikram if the need to collate further corroborative evidence was conveyed to the driver.
Mr Singh had earlier, in response to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's ministerial statement addressing the resignation of two People's Action Party MPs, said that he was prepared to answer questions about his own party's handling of the indiscretion between his party members, if any.
In a July 19 press conference, Mr Singh had announced that Mr Perera and former senior party member Nicole Seah had resigned from the party, after lying about their affair.
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