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A Simplified Explanation of Why the COP Believes Raeesah Khan’s Story Instead of Pritam Singh’s Story

2022-02-11 , 12:40 pm

By now, you’ve probably heard of the Committee of Privileges (COP)’s recommendations to take with regards to the WP saga.

But you might wonder how they came up with those conclusions.

Or, more, specifically, why it seems like they’re “siding” with Raeesah Khan’s side of the story.

If you need a quick refresher on what’s going on, read this first before coming back!

But here are a few reasons why the COP made the recommendations that it did.

WP Leaders Had Guided Her

Based on the COP’s report, the WP leaders (Pritam Singh, Faisal Manap and Sylvia Lim) were made known of Raessah Khan’s lie on 8 August 2021, after she had lied in Parliament on 3 August.

Apparently, Raessah Khan “was told to continue with the Untruth”, and to “retain the narrative that she began in August” if not pressed. This was also where the infamous “take it to the grave” part of this whole saga surfaced, where Singh told Khan that.

Thereafter, on 7 October, in an email regarding a Police interview, “Ms Khan thanked the 3 Senior WP leaders for guiding her through this without judgement”.

According to the COP’s report, this was “further corroboration that her conduct after 8 Aug, including her repetition of the Untruth, was in accordance with what the 3 Senior WP leaders had advised her”.

So basically, the WP leaders had directed her actions in one way or another after they had found out about her lie in August.

She Came Clean During the Next Parliament Sitting

Apart from the WP leaders’ influence on Raessah Khan’s behaviour, the COP also noted that Khan came clean during her next Parliament hearing after her second lie on 1 November.

She was allegedly advised by the WP leaders, specifically Pritam Singh and Sylvia Lim, to come clean on 12 October and did so on 1 November, which was the next Parliament sitting that she attended.

She did so through a Personal Explanation before Parliament, proving that she had been relying on the WP leaders’ advice as a first-time MP.

This then further supports the first point of how WP leaders had a part to play in this matter as well by asking Khan to “keep to the Untruth”.

WP Leaders Have No Substantial Evidence

Other than the WP leaders telling Khan what to do, the COP also brought up the fact that the three WP leaders “did not produce any contemporaneous evidence which supports their version of the disputed facts” during the hearings, even though they were instructed to do so.

The Committee had previously asked the trio to turn over any documents that were related to the case.

“The lack of documents raises questions. If they had intended that the truth be told, it would be reasonable to expect that there would be some emails, or documentation.

“But there was not a shred of objectively verifiable, contemporaneous evidence which supports the position taken by the 3 Senior WP leaders,” the COP observed, emphasising the WP leaders’ lack of credibility in this case.

Their lack of evidence was contrasted with Khan and her team, which included Khan herself, Ms Loh Pei Ting, her secretarial assistant, as well as WP volunteer Mr Yudhisthra Nathan. They provided evidence in the form of WhatsApp conversations and other kinds of documents.

It was also mentioned that “Ms Khan, Ms Loh and Mr Nathan kept each other updated about their discussions with Mr Singh, Ms Lim and/or Mr Faisal, and these updates cohere with the contemporaneous events and conduct.”

Basically, WP leaders got no proper documents to support their stand lah.

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Her Mental Health Was Unfairly Attacked by Pritam Singh

Maybe this wasn’t a main point in the entire plot, but it was still brought up by the COP.

During the 29 November Parliament sitting, Singh’s position was that “Ms Khan could be predisposed to lying because she had mental health issues”.

When given a chance to voice her opinions regarding how Singh portrayed her mental illness, Khan said that it was “extremely out of line”, and that he had “tried to paint a picture of her as someone who was mentally unstable, when she was of sound mind”.

The committee then decided that Singh’s point about how Khan may have lied to Loh and Nathan due to her mental illness to be “untrue and regrettable”.

After Khan’s assessment by a psychiatrist, the COP also concluded that Singh “used the mental health issues as a smear against Ms Khan, to explain away his own conduct and lies to this Committee. His statements are also an affront to sexual assault victims in general.”

Other claims by Singh, such as how Low and Nathan may have had “skewed” perceptions of Khan which led to them covering up her lies for her, were also proved to be not supported by the Committee.

The Committee thus concluded that Singh’s attacks on Khan, as well as Low and Nathan, were “in an attempt to save himself, and avoid responsibility for his own conduct”.