Workers’ Party (WP) chief Pritam Singh was struck off the rolls on Thursday after the Court of Three Judges decided on the disciplinary action initiated by the Singapore" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="150976" data-entity-type="organization">Law Society of Singapore (LawSoc).This follows his conviction for giving false evidence under oath.Apart from being a Member of Parliament for Aljunied GRC, Singh was also a non-practising lawyer.Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon presided over the hearing, alongside Justice Kannan Ramesh and Justice See Kee Oon.The Court of Three Judges is the highest disciplinary body for lawyers in Singapore.The hearing comes after Singh’s conviction on two counts of giving false evidence under oath to the Committee of Privileges that investigated former WP MP Raeesah Khan over a false claim she made in parliament. He was fined S$14,000 (US$10,900) for the two charges.
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Law Society of Singapore strikes Pritam Singh off the rolls
Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh has been struck off the rolls by the Court of Three Judges. This decision follows disciplinary action initiated by the Law Society of Singapore and Singh's conviction for giving false evidence under oath.
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Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh has been struck off the rolls by the Court of Three Judges. This decision follows disciplinary action initiated by the Law Society of Singapore and Singh's conviction for giving false evidence under oath. The Court of Three Judges, Singapore's highest disciplinary body for lawyers, presided over the hearing. Singh, a non-practising lawyer and Member of Parliament for Aljunied GRC, was convicted on two counts of providing false evidence to the Committee of Privileges concerning an investigation into former WP MP Raeesah Khan. He had previously been fined S$14,000 for these charges.
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The Court of Three Judges is the highest disciplinary body for lawyers in Singapore.
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He was fined S$14,000 (US$10,900) for the two charges.
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Pritam Singh was convicted on two counts of giving false evidence to the Committee of Privileges.
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The disciplinary action followed Pritam Singh's conviction for giving false evidence under oath.
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Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh was struck off the rolls by the Court of Three Judges.
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