It must have been a momentous occasion for Workers' Party (WP) Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Daniel Goh to return to Twitter after a three-year hiatus from the platform.

And it is certainly no laughing matter.

Two different entities, Aljunied-Hougang Town Council (AHTC), run by an independent panel, and Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council (PRPTC), have filed lawsuits against WP MPs Pritam Singh, Sylvia Lim and Low Thia Khiang.

AHTC’s lawsuit involves over S$33.7 million in payments to AHTC's former managing agent FM Solutions and Services (FMSS) and service provider FM Solutions and Integrated Services (FMSI), and alleges that these payments were improper and void.

Five tweets, seven Facebook posts on first day of trial

On day one of the trial, the Chair of WP Media Team tweeted only five times though.

Lunch break. Plaintiffs’ lawyers will finish up opening statements after lunch. Key issues raised: timing of decision to release CPG and appoint FMSS, conflict of interest for FMSS shareholder as TC managers, MPs misled parliament and public #ahtc

— Daniel PS Goh (@DanielPSGoh) October 5, 2018

A few tweets were pretty light-hearted, as he dished out his observations on Low and the WP supporters and detractors.

Someone is in his usual cheeky and good spirits #lowthiakhiang pic.twitter.com/SUrjP4hWwy

— Daniel PS Goh (@DanielPSGoh) October 5, 2018

Courtroom 4b is filling up with lawyers, media, the defendants, supporters wishing well, and one detractor wishing hell

— Daniel PS Goh (@DanielPSGoh) October 5, 2018

Perhaps some of us were expecting Goh to live-tweet, but that would have been too inconvenient and impossible for Goh who was stuck in the courtroom.

Goh's "rustiness" in tweeting could be due to the fact that the Supreme Court does not allow video recordings or photo-taking with the mobile phone in the courtroom.

Anyway, Goh's Facebook posts about the trial have been far more popular.

Goh's post on the defendants' opening statement was widely shared, after Goh urged his fans to do so.

Goh added that the "In Good Faith" blog was owned by Low, Lim and Pritam.

Goh's analysis on day 1 of trial

Jokes and mundane tweets aside, perhaps what's more crucial for WP is that they now have their own trusted voice online.

In one of Goh's final posts last night, he urged his fans to "read media reports with a critical eye".

A day after the hearing, Goh announced that he would provide eight observations of the trial so far.

The first observation is a 400-word post about People Action Party (PAP)-owned company Action Information Management (AIM) and the party political nature of town councils operating in a competitive context.

As we wait for seven more observations from Goh, we urged him to keep his observations succinct.

And maybe that's why Goh needs to tweet more:

1. IT BEGINS WITH AIM. The review of the AIM deal shows we need to understand FMSS appointment in the party-political competitive context of town council work. And AIM itself contributed to the UNEVEN party-political competitive context of setting up AHTC. https://t.co/SHWRVK4wuy

— Daniel PS Goh (@DanielPSGoh) October 6, 2018

Top photo from Daniel Goh Facebook