Within two hours of Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam's pointed rebuttal response on Sunday night, Oct. 8, former presidential hopeful Tan Cheng Bock issued a riposte within two hours:

Tan's quick response at 11.11pm on Sunday night was issued within two hours of Shanmugam's post published at 9.13pm.

Tan Cheng Bock's response to Shanmugam's rebuttal

Tan made three main points in his quick response to Shanmugam:

• He said he will let readers decide if he had unfairly misquoted Shanmugam and if the minister has answered adequately the questions posed previously.

• He also said he never asked about parliamentary procedure, but simply asked why Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong stayed silent when he could have spoken during the 10 minutes allocated since it was the PM's statement that was being challenged.

• Lastly, he said he wanted Shanmugam to know he is still cheerful despite being accused of being bitter and engaging in "elaborate charades" by posing the questions he did in his previous Facebook post.

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