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Indian-origin opposition leader fined for lying to parliamentary committee
Hindustan Times Navi Mumbai
|February 18, 2025
Singapore's Indian-origin Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh was on Monday fined S$14,000 ($10,440) after a district court found him guilty on two counts of lying under oath to a parliamentary committee.
SINGAPORE:
Singh, 48, was fined a maximum of S$7,000 ($5,219) for each of his two charges.
The Constitution states that a sitting MP will lose his seat and be disqualified from standing for election if he is jailed for at least one year, or fined at least S$10,000 ($7,457).
However, the Elections Department confirmed on Monday that the sentence imposed on Singh does not reach the threshold to disqualify him as an MP. It said disqualification is based on the sentence imposed for a single offence.
This story is from the February 18, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Navi Mumbai.
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