Shanmugam urges opposition parties to 'immediately, clearly' reject foreign interference and identity politics

Singapore doubles down on zero tolerance for identity politics

Speaking in parliament, Minister K Shanmugam and opposition leader Pritam Singh disagreed over a preacher’s support for a WP candidate.

Shanmugam urges opposition parties to 'immediately, clearly' reject foreign interference and identity politics

Singapore's Home Affairs Minister referred to statements during GE2025 by Islamic preacher Noor Deros and politicians from Malaysia’s Islamist party, and what he said was the delayed and "ambiguous" response to these from the Workers' Party.

Handle issues of race and religion in a responsible and sensible manner, says Shanmugam

Proposals are being made to make public transport more secure and comfortable for all.

WP 'ambiguous' when responding to foreign endorsements of candidates during GE2025: Shanmugam

The Workers' Party (WP) statement on foreigners attempting to influence the General Election 2025 (GE2025) was "ambiguous", Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam told Parliament on Tuesday (Oct 14).Shanmugam, who is also Coordinating Minister for National Security, said in a ministerial statement that race and religion must not be brought into Singapore politics.He touched on several "troubling incidents" of foreign interferences...

Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh disagreed with Minister K. Shanmugam

Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh disagreed with Minister K. Shanmugam that the WP took too long to respond to Noor Deros’ attempt to influence voters during GE2025. Mr Pritam gave a timeline of events and added that it is not fair to say the WP did not take the issue seriously. Follow our live coverage of Parliament here: https://str.sg/w7yaP

Shanmugam: Workers’ Party reacted too slowly and ambiguously to identity politics incident

Minister for Home Affairs and Law K Shanmugam said the Workers’ Party (WP) responded too slowly and ambiguously when dealing with an identity politics incident involving race and religion during this year’s General Election. He added that WP also failed to immediately and clearly reject foreign interference and support for their candidate. Shanmugam made these remarks in Parliament on Tuesday (October 14) in a ministerial statement. He reiterate…