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Singapore parliament speaker, MP resign over affair
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he accepted the resignations of speaker Tan Chuan Jin and MP Cheng Li Hui to "maintain the high standards of propriety and personal conduct" of the People's Action Party (PAP).
President Halimah Yacob and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, flanked by Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin (left) and Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon (right), at Parliament House. (Photo by Jason Quah/
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
Singapore's parliament speaker and a woman MP resigned Monday over an "inappropriate" affair, plunging the ruling party into further turmoil following a rare high-level corruption probe involving a cabinet minister.
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