SINGAPORE — The police have rejected Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh’s assertions that no wrong had been done to them by the false statement made by former party member Raeesah Khan in Parliament. They pointed out that “substantial amount of resources” and many police officers were involved to investigate the false claims.
After Ms Raeesah first told Parliament on Aug 3 about a sexual assault victim being handled insensitively at a police station, the police said that officers went through many records — including all records of visitors to police stations islandwide since Jan 1, 2017.
This was to identify Ms Raeesah’s alleged visits since she claimed that she had accompanied the victim to the station.
Two rounds of checks were conducted to ensure that the police “did not miss out any visit”, they said in a media statement on Monday (Dec 13).
“A substantial amount of resources was dedicated to this, because it was a statement made by (a Member of Parliament) in Parliament, and was taken seriously and at face value.”
They added that officers also “considered the possibility” that Ms Raeesah had accompanied the victim without entering a station.
“As such, we also combed through more than 1,400 sexual assault and related cases from 2018 to 2021. We narrowed this list down to cases that appeared to somewhat match (Ms Raeesah’s) description in Parliament.
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