{"id":11505,"date":"2026-07-20T12:12:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=11505"},"modified":"2026-07-20T12:12:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:12:36","slug":"singapore-minister-resigns-over-interactions-with-a-woman-prime-ministers-office-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=11505","title":{"rendered":"Singapore minister resigns over &#8216;interactions with a woman&#8217;, Prime Minister&#8217;s Office says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">By Xinghui Kok<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SINGAPORE, July 20 (Reuters) &#8211; Singapore&#8217;s Acting Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Faishal Ibrahim has resigned from office over his interactions with a woman, Prime \u200cMinister Lawrence Wong said in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Most of their interactions \u200ctook place through online messages. They also met on the sidelines of public events,&#8221; wrote Wong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Both parties later \u200bmade allegations of harassment against each other, and the matter has been investigated by the police, he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The People&#8217;s Action Party, which prides itself on a &#8220;whiter than white&#8221; reputation, has been rocked by political scandal in recent years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2023, then Transport Minister S. Iswaran was probed \u200cfor graft and senior lawmakers \u2060resigned over affairs, prompting former Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to say that his party had taken a hit from a spate of \u2060scandals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Wong said no criminal offence had been committed by either party in Faishal&#8217;s case and no criminal action will be taken, but &#8220;there was a separate question of whether Associate Professor Faishal&#8217;s \u200bconduct \u200bmet the standards expected of a political office \u200bholder and member of parliament.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Faishal also \u200cresigned from the ruling People&#8217;s Action Party. 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