S’pore rocked by new scandal as Workers’ Party MPs quit over affair FMTNews FMTEng
PETALING JAYA: Two senior members of Singapore’s Workers’ Party have resigned as MPs and from the party after a video showing them holding hands went viral.
Their resignations were announced by party secretary-general Pritam Singh at a press conference in Singapore today. The affair is the latest scandal to have surfaced from Singapore’s political scene over the past seven days. CNA said Ong played a key role in Singapore obtaining the rights to host the first-ever Formula 1 night race in 2007. He also owns the rights to the Singapore Grand Prix and is chairman of race promoter Singapore GP.
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