Workers’ Party (WP) chief Pritam Singh only confessed to burying an untruth in Parliament after ex-party supremo Low Thia Khiang (Low) tore into the cover-up plot and demanded transparency.
The revelation completely shatters the image Singh tried to cultivate—that he had always planned for former MP Raeesah Khan to “come clean.”
Not so, according to court witneses who was present. The judge emphasised that Singh appeared content to let Khan’s lie fester until Low stepped in and insisted it be corrected, no matter the political cost.
Low Thia Khiang’s hatchet
Singh and party comrade Sylvia Lim had gone to see Low about the matter, but said that the Government might never find out the truth so it would be ok to bury it.
Low disagreed, insisting that they had to clarify with Parliament and not to suppress it.
Low testified he had never been informed of any plan for Khan to come clean until he himself insisted on honesty.
In contrast, Singh repeatedly insisted he had instructed Khan to clarify her Parliament fib, but the Court flatly rejected that story as a fabrication.
Pritam’s last-ditch distraction: Blaming the Volunteers
Singh tried to deflect responsibility onto two WP volunteers, Nathan and Loh Peiying.
He suggested that their statements somehow tarnished him unfairly.
Yet the judge slammed the brakes on that narrative, pointing out that both the volunteers were credible witness.
The Court dismissed Singh’s version of events and alluded to the observation that Pritam only came clean when Low asked him to do so.
A calculated cover-up?
From the Court’s perspective, Singh’s behaviour revealed a deliberate decision to hide Raeesah Khan’s lie. After all:
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No preparations: Before Low intervened, not a single press statement, draft speech, or party-wide briefing was planned—evidence that Singh allegedly never intended Khan to “tell the truth.”
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Mysterious 1 Oct Email: Singh sent Khan a vaguely threatening reminder about facing the Committee of Privileges, which the judge interpreted as pushing her to keep silent.
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Sudden U-Turn: Once Low insisted on airing the truth, Singh scrambled to organise statements and coordinate party communications—moves the Court viewed as political damage control rather than moral leadership.
Low Thia Khiang as the unsung hero?
The verdict is nothing short of a public relations nightmare for the Workers’ Party:
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Questions abound on whether Singh, now saddled with a conviction and battered credibility, can remain the WP’s top man.
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Supporters, once hailing Singh as the next big thing, are forced to confront damning evidence of duplicity.
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The party that prides itself on accountability is left to pick up the pieces of a scandal that might haunt it come the next electoral cycle.
In the end, while Pritam Singh’s supporters may label this ruling a witch hunt, the Court’s message is loud and clear: it was Low Thia Khiang’s intervention that pried the truth from Singh’s grip, and no amount of finger-pointing at others could obscure that fact.
