‘Unacceptable’ for foreign entities to tell Singaporeans how to vote: Singapore in response to Malaysia party PAS

Workers' Party Aljunied GRC team of (L-R) Low Thia Khiang, Sylvia Lim, Pritam Singh, Chen Show Mao and Faisal Manap thanking residents during a procession in Kovan on 12 Sept 2015. - ST/ANN Workers' Party Aljunied GRC team of (L-R) Low Thia Khiang, Sylvia Lim, Pritam Singh, Chen Show Mao and Faisal Manap thanking residents during a procession in Kovan on 12 Sept 2015.

SINGAPORE: The statements made by leaders of a Malaysian political party before Singapore’s May 3 General Election had “clear intent” to influence Singaporean voters, and that is unacceptable, said the Republic’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Oct 16.

In a statement, the ministry rebutted the position taken by Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) secretary general Takiyuddin Hassan on Oct 15, that the party was cast “as a convenient bogeyman to advance domestic political agendas in Singapore”.