Singapore Worker Party's Leon Perera and Nicole Seah resign over affair


Leon Perera (left) is the MP for Aljunied GRC’s Serangoon division while Nicole Seah is the WP’s Youth Wing president. - ST FILE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Workers’ Party MP Leon Perera and senior party leader Nicole Seah have resigned from the party over an extramarital affair, in the latest incident to rock the country’s political scene.

WP chief Pritam Singh announced this at a press conference on Wednesday (July 19).

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