Shamsul Kamar, chairman of PAP Kaki Bukit branch, set to be replaced after 10 years

The person expected to take over his position is the clinical director of dental group Nuffield Dental.

Matthias Ang

February 12, 2025, 03:59 PM

Shamsul Kamar, the chairman of the People's Action Party (PAP) Kaki Bukit branch, located within opposition-held Aljunied GRC, is set to be replaced.

According to The Straits Times, he is expected to be replaced by Faisal Abdul Aziz, the clinical director of dental group Nuffield Dental.

In addition, Faisal is chairman of the Health and Wellness Committee in Kaki Bukit, and was recently appointed as a member of the Mosque Management Board at Anguilla Mosque, according to Nuffield Dental.

Both Shamsul and Faisal were recently seen side by side at the branch's Chinese New Year celebrations, with Faisal standing on Shamsul's right.

In November 2024, he posted a photo of himself at the PAP party convention with other members of the Kaki Bukit branch.

Shamsul's replacement comes after serving as branch chairman for 10 years

Shamsul has been the branch's chairman since 2015, taking over from Kahar Hassan two months before GE 2015.

He has also contested twice in Aljunied GRC, against the Workers' Party.

During the 2020 General Election, Shamsul had to debunk allegations he was "luring people to vote by providing them with free food", or that he was only helping the Malay community.

Shamsul highlighted the allegations in a post on July 1, 2020, and noted that they appeared to have stemmed from a photo of a planned food distribution event on July 4, 2020, Saturday.

He explained that he had worked regularly with multiple non-profit organisations and private companies to assist residents in Kaki Bukit regardless of their race, language or religion, and pointed out that such entities occasionally wanted to help specific groups.

In this particular case, the organisation that he was working with had wanted to focus on lower-income Malay-Muslim families and that community leaders from the Malay Activity Executive Committee (MAEC) felt that this was a good initiative.

As such, planning for the event had begun even before the General Election, he further stated. However, the event was postponed to after the election, given the election's recent announcement at the time.