Raeesah Khan has three materially different versions of what happened at the August meeting when she met Pritam Singh, Sylvia Lim and Faisal Manap to discuss her lie in Parliament.
First, upon questioning by PAP MP Edwin Tong about the reaction of the leadership when being told of the lie, Raeesah says:
“It was incredible disappointment, a lot of anger, but I think there was some compassion there as well.
The reaction was that, if I were not to be pressed, then the best thing to do would be to retain the narrative that I began in August”
When Edwin clarifies: “Let me understand the last statement. You said that if you were not going to be pressed, and then you going to retain the narrative that you started in August, it means if you can get away with it, we don’t have to clarify the lie, correct?”
Raeesah then replies: “I think in the simplest terms, yes you are correct.”
This is VERSION 1.
Edwin then rephrases Raeesah’s evidence: “And so, the WP leadership who was present there, their initial reaction to being told that there was a lie or falsehood said in Parliament was to try and duck the issue if possible, and if it doesn’t come up, then the truth need not be told eventually.”
Raeesah now gives a second version of what happened, which is a VERY DIFFERENT answer to her first version. This is VERSION 2, and one that appears most likely to be true:
A lot more at https://shrtcô.de/3jBgKx (scroll down to read)
First, upon questioning by PAP MP Edwin Tong about the reaction of the leadership when being told of the lie, Raeesah says:
“It was incredible disappointment, a lot of anger, but I think there was some compassion there as well.
The reaction was that, if I were not to be pressed, then the best thing to do would be to retain the narrative that I began in August”
When Edwin clarifies: “Let me understand the last statement. You said that if you were not going to be pressed, and then you going to retain the narrative that you started in August, it means if you can get away with it, we don’t have to clarify the lie, correct?”
Raeesah then replies: “I think in the simplest terms, yes you are correct.”
This is VERSION 1.
Edwin then rephrases Raeesah’s evidence: “And so, the WP leadership who was present there, their initial reaction to being told that there was a lie or falsehood said in Parliament was to try and duck the issue if possible, and if it doesn’t come up, then the truth need not be told eventually.”
Raeesah now gives a second version of what happened, which is a VERY DIFFERENT answer to her first version. This is VERSION 2, and one that appears most likely to be true:
A lot more at https://shrtcô.de/3jBgKx (scroll down to read)