S'pore PM accepts Tan's resignation as speaker, MP, PAP member

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has accepted the resignation of Tan Chuan-Jin as speaker of Parliament, MP and also People’s Action Party (PAP) member with immediate effect.

“His resignation is necessary to maintain the high standards of propriety and personal conduct which the PAP has upheld all these years,” said Lee in a statement issued on the website of the prime minister’s office today...