SINGAPORE - Senior Minister of State for Manpower and Health Koh Poh Koon will step down from political office due to family reasons with effect from June 1.
In a Facebook post after his resignation was announced by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on May 22, he said he was immensely grateful for the trust and confidence put in him, but that he had to refocus his priorities.
“However, I have been an absent husband, father and son since I stepped into politics in 2015, placing the needs of Singapore and my constituents above my family,” he said.