Tough times for Singapore ruling party: Scandals involving ruling party politicians - A Timeline

Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan Jin and lawmaker Cheng Li Hui resigned on July 17. Both had continued the affair despite being counseled by the premier in February. - Photo from The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE (Bloomberg): Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party was dealt a fresh blow on Monday when the parliament speaker resigned in an "inappropriate relationship” with a member of parliament.

The scandal may further sway voter support from the long-ruling party after last week’s arrest of Transport Minister S. Iswaran and property tycoon Ong Beng Seng in a graft probe. PAP has governed Singapore since independence in 1965.