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Workers’ Party (WP) MP for Hougang Yaw Shin Leong has been embroiled in an online storm over rumours of an extra-marital affair with a married female opposition party member.
Yaw’s alleged affair was made public in a report by socio-political blog site TR Emeritus, which said it received several tip-offs by reliable informants, some of whom attend the same church as Yaw. TRE said it ran the report after intensive research and verification.
When asked by The New Paper about the allegations, Yaw, 35, would only say: “I do not wish to comment on rumours.”
Similarly, Yaw’s wife Wang Lin and WP chief Low Thia Kiang declined to comment, reported TNP.
The former also posted a comment on her Facebook page earlier on Thursday morning, which appeared to refer to the incident.
“What’s the role of a journalist/editor? To sensationalise so as to create readership? Putting together piecemeal comments taken out of context such that it creates a picture of ‘reality’? Gutter journalism out on a prowl to create maximum damages. May God bless them,” she wrote.
Yahoo! Singapore attempted to contact Yaw and other members of the WP several times, but could not get a response.
According to TNP, the woman Yaw is alleged to have had an affair with said, “I hope you will not identify me or the other woman involved.”
It is unclear who “the other woman” mentioned was.
She added that she would “neither confirm nor deny the allegations”, reported TNP.
Yaw’s Facebook page was bombarded with comments from followers, calling for him to face the issue and apologise instead of deleting the offending comments. Others insist that the incident is a “PAP smear” campaign designed to kill support for the opposition.
He has also been compared to U.S. President Bill Clinton, who later admitted to having an “improper physical relationship” with 25-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky in 1998.
