PSP calls for outcome of investigation into PSP-PAP volunteers' altercation to be made public

Hazel Poa, first vice-chair of the Progress Singapore Party (PSP), has called for the outcome of the investigation into the alleged harassment case involving PSP and People's Action Party (PAP) volunteers to be released to the public.

Poa was speaking at a doorstop interview with the media before a walkabout at Block 964 Jurong West Street 91.

Poa said that the allegation of a PSP volunteer slapping a PAP volunteer is a "very serious" one and urged for the investigation's findings to be made public.

She shared that the police have apparently completed their investigation.

"Since [the] police have completed their investigation, we urge for the outcome of the investigation to be released to the public so that we can know the truth," Poa said.

At a previous doorstop on Apr. 19, PSP chairman Tan Cheng Bock said the investigation had been handed over to the Attorney-General.

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Tan also echoed Poa's sentiments, saying he hoped the outcome of the investigation would be revealed within the election period in the next couple of days.

"I'm very strict. I don't like people to shout and fight [with] each other," Tan said.

"Because I have always told my men, we are a country of very educated people, we must behave ourselves."

Background of the case

On Jan. 4, S Nallakaruppan, a founding member of PSP, posted on Facebook about an alleged altercation between PSP and PAP volunteers during an outreach in Bukit Gombak.

He alleged that PAP volunteers harassed PSP volunteers by following them and taking photos of them.

He added that this was not the first time such an incident had happened.

A few days later on Jan. 8, then-PAP Member of Parliament (MP) for Chua Chu Kang, Low Yen Ling, accused PSP of twisting the truth and giving "an untrue picture of what happened".

Low said that on Jan. 4, at around 4pm, the PAP volunteers encountered a group of PSP members who started to walk around the estate.

Low said that on one occasion, a male PAP volunteer was supposedly held back by a PSP member when he tried to exit the lift to join the team.

Two other male PSP members then entered the lift and began to "intimidate" the PAP volunteer and allegedly slapped his face twice, one in the lift and another time in the corridor.

A PAP volunteer later identified himself on Facebook and published a video he took that captured the alleged slap.

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