Release findings on volunteer harassment claims before polls: PSP

The results of the police investigation into PAP and PSP volunteers' allegations of harassment that each party made of the other in January should be released to the public within the campaign period so voters can decide on who is right, PSP chairman Tan Cheng Bock said on April 30.

- Ng Wei Kai

Dr Tan, who is contesting West Coast-Jurong West GRC, said during a walkabout in Jurong West: "We are a country of very educated people. We must behave ourselves. And they know I'm very strict because I don't like people to shout and fight each other."

He was referring to a Jan 4 incident between PSP and PAP volunteers at a walkabout in Bukit Gombak SMC, which the opposition party is also contesting.

Each side had made allegations of harassment against the other, and offered different accounts of what happened. Police reports were also lodged.

With just two days of campaigning left before Singapore goes to the polls on May 3, PSP first vice-chair Hazel Poa brought up the January incident, saying she had raised it before but has yet to receive a response from the Government.

"These are very serious allegations," she said. "We urge the outcomes of the investigations to be released to the public so they can know the truth."

The Straits Times has contacted the police for comment.

The PSP's Mr Harish Pillay is facing incumbent PAP MP Low Yen Ling in Bukit Gombak SMC.

In West Coast-Jurong West GRC, the PSP team, which includes Dr Tan, Ms Poa and party chief Leong Mun Wai, is up against a team from the PAP led by National Development Minister Desmond Lee.