WP disciplinary panel on Pritam Singh comprises MPs He Ting Ru, Jamus Lim; former MP Png Eng Huat

[SINGAPORE] The Workers’ Party disciplinary panel set up to look into the conviction of its leader Pritam Singh comprises two current MPs and a former MP, said party sources.

Sengkang GRC MPs He Ting Ru and Jamus Lim, as well as former Hougang MP Png Eng Huat have been tasked to determine if Singh has contravened the WP constitution, following his court conviction for lying under oath, party members told The Straits Times.

He is treasurer of the party while Associate Professor Lim is deputy head of policy research. The second-term MPs are both also members of the party’s current central executive committee.

Meanwhile, Png, who stepped down from electoral politics in 2020, was MP for Hougang constituency for eight years, and was also previously on the party’s top decision-making body until 2022.

The disciplinary panel was set up after the party’s CEC met on Jan 2 to discuss matters arising from Singh’s conviction.

The Straits Times has contacted the WP for comment.

Previously, the party had set up a disciplinary panel in 2021 to look into Khan’s lie in Parliament. It comprised Singh, party chairwoman Sylvia Lim and vice-chair Faisal Manap.

During the debate in Parliament on Singh’s suitability as LO on Jan 14, Leader of the House Indranee Rajah had said it was “troubling” that the three WP leaders were on the disciplinary panel, given that they had actually known about Khan’s lie early on and “all three had been involved in guiding Khan to maintain her untruth”.

Singh was found guilty by the State Court in Feb 2025 of lying to Parliament’s Committee of Privileges, which had been convened to look into a lie by former WP Sengkang GRC MP Raeesah Khan. The verdict was upheld by the High Court in Dec 2025.

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Last week, he was removed as Leader of the Opposition by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, a day after Parliament voted to declare him unsuitable for the role over his “dishonourable” conduct.

PM Wong had also invited the WP to nominate another elected MP for the role of LO. In response, the WP said it would deliberate the matter carefully and respond in due course.

The WP previously said that the current panel looking into Singh’s conviction will have three months to do its work. Thereafter, the party will hold a special members’ meeting called by a group of cadre members to discuss Singh’s conviction. THE STRAITS TIMES