Elusive Yaw remains silent on party expulsion
Disgraced former Workers' Party (WP) member Yaw Shin Leong has maintained his silence over his expulsion from the party, and has remained uncontactable according to party chief Low Thia Khiang, reported The Sunday Times (ST).
Low, a long-time Hougang MP who left the ward to contest for Aljunied GRC in last year's election, told reporters that he had no idea where his former protege was, and that no contact has been made between Yaw and the party, wrote the same paper.
35-year-old Yaw has until this Friday to appeal against the decision to remove him from the party. The vacant Hougang seat will be decided either after an appeal is made, or after the deadline passes.
According to a Straits Times report last week, Yaw allegedly left Singapore on Wednesday before he was ousted from the party, and is reportedly planning to move overseas to a country not in Southeast Asia.
ST added that Low did not want to talk about other opposition party members who were interested in the Hougang seat as PM Lee has not decided if a by-election will be held.
In the meantime, Low has divided his time between Hougang and Aljunied. While maintaining that Aljunied will remain his priority, he told reporters that Hougang residents can look for him regarding any matter, said ST.
