Workers' Party Members of Parliament Low Thia Khiang, Sylvia Lim and Pritam Singh have received S$907,918 in public donations in slightly more than two days of fund-raising.

This means that the momentum of donations has continued, with some S$430,000 received on the second day.

Sought public help

Donations from the public started pouring in after a public call for funds was made on the evening of Oct. 24 to help the trio with their mounting legal fees and potential bankruptcy.

This unprecedented public giving and show of support occurred once the WP MPs revealed they had spent close to S$600,000 of their own personal money on their legal fees, with no funds coming from WP itself.

WP: Not raising funds for the three MPs

Earlier on Oct. 26, WP clarified that it’s not raising funds for the trio, while noting that they are aware about the MPs' private fundraising effort.

Oct.26 tally: S$430,265

The latest figure of S$907,918 was revealed by NCMP Daniel Goh in response to media queries.

According to Goh, the nearly S$1 million dollars have been pledged by some 5,241 donors.

In other words, an additional 2,409 donors have contributed between 10pm, Oct. 25 to 10pm, Oct. 26.

It means that each donor contributed an average of S$173 so far.

Hence, there are fewer donors than the Oct. 25 batch, but they are contributing a higher amount of donations each.

Oct. 25 tally: S$377,653

Oct 24 tally: S$100,000

The blog post's first update of the amount of donations was at 10pm on Oct. 24.

The daily updates for the donation tally is expected to be done after 10pm each night.

To put things in context, Low, Lim and Singh have raised more money in six hours than CPF blogger Roy Ngerng previously did in six days.

In 2014, Ngerng raised some S$85,970 in six days when news broke that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was going to sue him.

Public appeal for donations

On Oct. 24 evening, the trio first made a public call for donations to help them with their mounting legal fees and potential bankruptcy, as a result of the Aljunied-Hougang Town Council (AHTC) trial.

The MPs said in their In Good Faith blog that if they lose the suits and are adjudged to pay large sums of money, but are unable to pay, they would face bankruptcy.

It is understood that being declared bankrupts would have a bearing on their chances of running in the next election.

The MPs and two other town councillors are facing two suits over S$33.7 million in alleged improper payments -- one brought by Aljunied-Hougang Town Council as directed by an independent panel, and the other by Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council.

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