Committee of Privileges hearing on Raeesah Khan: Faisal Manap gives oral evidence (Part 2) 

Please take necessary action on him seriously if found any fault or incorporative or try to lie during this meeting! Really waste of tax payers money here. Pls investigate further on him !

FaizalM did not realise he could not answer "I refuse to answer that'. He had no idea about the objective of a COP hearing. The Chairman told him he could be charged with contempt of court...but it seemed to hv been lost on him.

He say he is v concern on her on 8th Aug . But then he did not ask her from 8th Aug to Oct knowing the seriousness of the lies and consequences

Cannot believe Faisal is a senior member of WP and a MOP. Sounded more like a secretary working for WP

If Singapore is governed by quality leaders like him, we will be gone case. He is an MP, yet seems not very educated, intelligent and competent at all.

Faisal is getting WP into trouble. He have trouble understanding the direct questions. He just push everything to RK that she will ask questions. It is the onus of him as a mentor to find out too.

His Calibre of understanding a question is shocking

How can this standard get to paid 16k a month to be a MP. My goodness ! His ability to understand English questions is astounding

Such caliber can collect $16k plus a month. Lucky man 👏

Mr Edwin tong is so very patient

faisal should step down as an mp

Difficulties in recalling the simplest of events and simple questions - Faisal Manap was working the night off trying to memorise scripted answers and sequence of events. Edwin tong masterfully tore through his scripts. It all concluded with Edwin getting Faisal to agree, that he was behaving illogically as a senior leadership by not stepping up to right a wrong despite being completely aware of it. And that Faisal Manap have had privy knowledge to Khan’s lie from the onset, but he alleged that he did not discuss/comment/advise/communicate on ANYTHING to ANYONE for a good 3+ months, and nothing commented/discussed when he further heard that Khan continued to lie on Oct parliamentary.

This guy senior member of WP? I thought it’s uncle at the coffeeshop.

Can tell Faisal Manap doesn't have much say in WP, he is just pushing everything to everyone else... Pritam la Raeesah la His taiji game so strong

1. Mr Faisal role as MP - he should be acting as an MP not a social worker. Country’s interests should be first priority (logically and not logically LOL). So betraying RK’s trust is not okay but failing Singapore and SPF is okay? 2. I really wanna ask what’s his role as an VP. Everything also trust PS, dont know anything… Poor judgment. 3. But I feel like he’s still a genuinely nice person :( Damn.

It's so strange that Faisal refused to answer a simple and fair question!! Sounds as if he had something to hide!

Mr Edwin Tong is indeed a very sharp lawyer. Keep it up!

This mr Faisal really needs an interpreter.

Shocking level of understanding and respond. Seems like hiding information and answering coordinated response.

Fairly obvious that Faisal has difficult time following Desmond's line of questioning. His listening comprehension simply cmi. The weakest link by far. GG, COP.

Trust is earned when actions meet words.. Honesty is the top uppermost best policy.. Pure white in Integrity..is a MUST for the dignity of our country.

A layman reader's observation and thoughts : Lawyers or inquisitors seem to be trained to repeat questions or same thing again and again, and yet again, in different words or nuances in quick succession --- in other words to beat about the bush or opportunistic trolling - so that something may turn up eventually or opportunistically! And of course to paraphase or reword what has been said to the inquisitor's satisfaction (you mean, it was not pure white but a little off-white, isn't it?). It can easily confound the witness or interviewee - and most exasperating to the most patient audience watching in the court gallery, or the CoP in this case. The witness can easily get tired or "caught" unwittingly swaying into something different. A shrewd lawyer easily latch on it, and keeping hammering on it. So other than asking "when did you stop beating your wife?" rather than "did you beat your wife?'. It may go something like this : Did you drink the water? (No!). Did you at any time sip the water? (No!) Did you see some liquid in the glass? (Can't remember). Was there any thoughts in your mind to drink the water, any at all ? (can't remember). Was the glass transparent? (Yes). Was the glass clean or dirty? .... An alert and unnervous witness is best to ask questions in return to make the inquisitors just as exasperated : Can you repeat your question? (sure...), Can you speaker louder (or softer, less aggressive?) Can you make your questions easier for understanding? Can you be more direct in your questioning? (sure...), Can you speak in simpler terms or in English (or in Malay, Tamil, Mandarin, etc)... If all things fail, just make a simple request: "I wish to go to the toilet! It's urgent!" : )

Just by listening to him,really vomit blood,wondering where Mr Faiser graduated from.....unbelievable.......???????

Oh my.....so painful watching him answering.....more painful for the committee to listen to him stuttering throughout and can't even answer to the simple yes/no q...seriously.....an mp material??

As a Malay only one word to describe this... HANCUR. Well no need to guess the weak link in this saga. This video clearly shows the reality. Politic aside can I leave Singapore fate to this type of calibre ?

Can this calibre of people represent Spore? His understanding of questions are so poor. Opposition for the sake of Opposition is not good for Spore. What kind of CEC is that? They didn't even disclose the information of the key witnesses plus the omitted the facts that the senior leaders were informed of the lie by RK.

I think he now wants to save himself first and foremost.

Seems like the man was too stunned to speak during the meeting at Pritam Singh’s house

Can we just move forward ? This line of questioning is horrendous. Don't assume and don't suggest things that you think because you don't know anything. Focus on the person that lied and stop the drama.

Wow, this kind of incompetent senior member of WP is a worry sign! How can he represent the people of his community in Parliament. It's waste of tax payers monies.

The way he speaks, can it be trusted like the trust he has on Mr Singh??

What you think doesn't equate to what I think. Similarly, what you think is a problem may not be a problem to me. Period.

So much time and effort spent on this matter. Is this what is meant by " having to spend more time to fix them when more opposition MPs are voted into Parliament" instead of spending more time on governing, and in this present time, managing the pandemic?

When I see this , I feel so sad. This Faizal is really very evasive and couldn't even answer very simple questions. And he is the vice chairman of WP. Can he represent us in world stage?

WP MP: Ask WP leadership Faisal Manap: Ask my boss Pritam Singh : Ask my voters WP voters: Ask WP MP

Apparently he regretted revealing to Mr Tong he had blindly going all out to keep her. Now has to act blur and say Mr Singh has better relationship with her.

It is really worrying whenever I see members of the parliament having so much difficulty in speaking. Not just Faisal but Don Wee too. But that aside, Faisal agreed on all logical and reasonableness the series of things that should have occurred but didn’t because he trusted Pritam. He has more concern over the comments they received on a parliamentary speech that affected the Muslim community than a lie that affected the police and sexual assault victims. And as a leader, he has trouble seeing the conflict of interest and how not disclosing the leader’s involvement since Aug has a significant impact in the outcome. It’s even more worrying that that his logic is warped.

Edwin Tong is damn brilliant in questioning..he simply know what he wants to know. Awesome lawyer..No play play with Shumuggam , Indranee Rajah n Edwin Tong

How can Singaporeans elect people like Mr Fasiah in the government?

Clearly , opposition for the sake of opposition and evasiveness of the highest order. Seriously, the WP, and for that matter any credible political party, should exercise QC and judgement in its choice of leadership and not just pick any bloke who is more aggressive and articulate in their opinions. The failure would have dire consequence for the party , and , no less, the Country.

He always evades questions, and never answered to the point.

The comments are so far mild, his cognitive appreciation of this process is darn SHALLOW, I would not hesitate to say he also has weak command of English, using phrasal words but unable to apply it conjunctively, so failing his understanding of many of the words, contextually.. It's not our prerogative to say how the WP selects or appoints its leaders, however, it must never be empty of the understanding that it must do due diligence, in establishing some system of criteria for roles and to hold office positions, to assure the constituents it can function and professionally discharge all the responsibilities it purports to serve its constituents. In light of this, its leaders must therefore be more than able to articulate or proposition needs and concerns of its constituents in Parliament, if not only to further the legitimacy of an Opposition presence in Singapore's Parliament. This so-called "wayang" has been coined by many of the informed public, but from the testimonies of other WP members, which now has been proven that it wasn't vindictive, as many people has made it out to be. Edwin's adept questioning has brought out relevancy and some complicity of the WP leadership has in the impugned integrity as a Parliamentarian, which now includes several WP leadership members, and their direct roles in maintaining and ultimately lead to an extended tenure of Raeesah's lie to Parliament. Shamefully, it is now veering into a clownish expose, or should I say moronic "I will not answer that question" show of lack of qualified substance in the WP stable.. Not wayang anymore, the fish is out of water and flapping... Mr Faisal shouldn't be re-instated as a Parliamentarian , enough drama.

He is just going to ask questions non stop until he says WP told her to lie and continue to lie. Nobody is going to eat or rest or go toilet or go home until he he agrees with him. Omg! Such patience and endurance they have. 😵 I would have gone like you have asked me that question already. Please stop asking me the same questions over and over again! I have answered that already!!! Already!!!

Mr. Faisal should get an interpreter.

Charge him for contempt of parliament. This is a simple question, highly relevant about whether they colluded to cover up telling RK to take it to the grave. The fact he is refusing to cooperate on such a simple matter is a huge red flag.

This guy is not cooperative. Why is he refusing to be led ?

The way Manap responded brings shame to WP. His incompetence to speak, reason and understand is appalling. WP shd just dissolve. Waste tax payers money.

Although the questioning maybe be confusing and leading at times , but I’m more disappointed on Faisal’s level of comprehension . Sorry to say even I understood the questions right away when it is asked the first time , I’m not sure if it is done on purpose to stall or is he really having that much difficulty in understanding the questions. And why does he keep asking ‘ in related to ? ‘ after every question.It’s about the Lie , all questions are about the LIE ! Not the muslim issues or RK’s personal trauma .This was difficult to watch

Can't believe our first world government is spend these amount of resources into this issue ~.RK lied and its a fact and she resigned. need to go into she told who and who about her lies and did her party leader advice her correctly and prompt her to speak up the truth in the very first instance? She is an adult, not a kid ~Besides, 7-8 MPs sitting inside the COP for 3 hours+ cost how much taxpayers money? ~

He is insignificant among the three leaders of WP. Just for a show that there is a Malay representative!! He is so nervous!!

He knew about the lies (first and second time) but didn't do anything... "I trust Pritam" x 1,000,000 "What stopped you (Faisal Manap) from asking Mr Singh?" "Trust!" "Is it the same for other issues that you don't need to clarify and don't need to ask? Just hand everything to Mr. Pritam Singh?" "Yes!" You have your own duties but seems like you are not doing them, Mr. Faisal. This dude just doesn't have much a say in the WP. He is just trying to save himself as much as possible for now. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sR0a3Wnm7OM.html

Faisal Manap Vice Chairman $16K pm x12 =$200K pa. He's MP since 2011 till now, 11 years. So far, $200K x 11 years =$2.2 Million!! Does Vice Chairman gets a higher pay? What is the role of a WP Vice Chairman?

1:35:00 were disappointing in WP leadership. Pushing away all the blames...

This calibre of MP is more befitting of our neighbouring countries. Taxpayers paying him $16k a month.

Ok, so fair enough that all three of you were so overwhelmed by her admission of having been sexually assaulted in the past, that it didn't occur to any of you to talk to her about her next step with regards to her lie about the anecdote she told in Parliament. Wow.....if all three of you can at the same time, in the presence of each other, be overwhelm beyond your senses by such a revelation, then how can we the people expect any of you guys to be able to lead, to deal with the daily pressures and challenge of managing Singapore, and think on your feet, and speak intellectually on behalf of Singapore when dealing with other world leaders?

All i can conclude is, he is not bothered, irresponsible and has short term memory problems.... my gosh

I really respect Mr Edwin Tong's patience with this man. I've already lost my patience so many times by the 2hrs mark.

He kept saying that he was not answering the question. He dared not answer question because he was scared that he would be speaking untruths. What a dishonest man Couldn't even remember what happened yesterday and the day before. He said he swore to speak the truth and nothing but the truth so he could not mislead.

1min 35sec onwards you can already tell that he hiding something. The meeting/discussion probably didn't take place. How can someone (vice-chair of a political party) have problems recalling an event that happened as early as 1-2 days ago? Can't believe Singaporeans are paying this guy $15000 a month.

Edwin Tong surely brilliant in a way he asked question.

Just say la, they have documents with them but I don’t know what documents it’s all about. I only know what documents I bring

Who is on trial here? Almost six hours of grilling. When the witness is exhausted, the questions, like compound questions thrown at him can make him confused. His answers might then make him appear like an unreliable witness.

*Summary*: I everything also dunno don’t ask me, even tho I m a party leader. The party didn’t try to address her lies even tho we knew. Ask Pritam. Pritam should have done something. Btw, Raeesah is a liar. Don’t trust her. Trust me.

Faisal was lying! Awaiting to see how PS and SL tell the same lies! Apart from this, I doubt the capability and intelligence of Faisal apart from he learning to tell lies at the instructions from PS and SL.

He is trying to save his skin!!

Each WP MP gets $16K pm x 12 = $200,000 pa. WP Leader Pritam gets double, $32K pm x12=$400,000 pa.

So much drama. So she lied! Politicians dont lie? The question is ‘why did she lie in the first place. ? I think this whole episode is so fishy. Goes way deeper than what is on the surface

This issue should not doubt the creditability of WP. Every political party has a black sheep in them. Till the end WP is standing by their comrade. Salute to them. What Ms. Khan did is a terrible mistake which should be punish by the Court of Law (lying in Parliament) as an MP. That has brought the whole WP to face the COP and the scrutiny of the public.

ET: Did they bring any other documents to the meeting? FM: I do not want to answer that question. ET: (repeats question) FM: (adamantly repeats the same answer) ET: I don't want you to get in trouble with that answer (i.e. saying he refuses to answer). TCJ: (reminds FM that he can be held in contempt for that kind of refusal to answer) FM: (stubbornly) I do not want to answer that question. Facepalm! Poor uncle didn't understand he could say he didn't know but never refuse to answer.

He need to have a secretary assign to him

Edwin Tong is simply fantastic...he could make Faisal so nervous 😂 and stammering all the while 😂

He looks stupider than me yet he is an MP making more than $10000 a month.

Am surprise that he is a Workers Party senior leader,looks more like a P.A to the Party leaders than himself!His English is totally........can't describe for someone his status!Looks like he got some much things to hide,is really hard on Mr.Pritam Singh,all the best to you. Sir!

Not answering a simple question is an admission of guilt.

Oh man this is hard to watch

this WP vice chairman . dont xia suey . is he qualified to be an MP , sell roti prata lar .

He won't answer because if he said Yes, he would be in trouble!!

He looks like a leader from a THIRD WORLD COUNTY!!

Sad that Mr. Faisal could not understand Mr. Edwin's question. It was a direct question actually. Sad for Mr. Faisal. He is the weakest link. The rest of WP members and volunteers were clear and presented their stand very professionally. COP had a hard time breaking them down. Actually Mr. Faisal was in better position to advice Ms. Khan to come clean immediately.

Such a fair panel.....🙄

Guys, best part is 52:45 - 52:59.

Does this man atleast pass his PSLE english! Embarrassment of Singapore Educational Institution! Does he thinks he is entering Malaysian community?

Instead of making significant contributions to the people and country, WP has been a disgrace and burden.

In summary, no logic, we run based on trust😂 Generally, it does feel like he’s not able to answer questions as a form of avoidance theory. It’s obvious he does not have the answers because he only has to stick to one narrative “I trust Pritam” 🙄 . Jeez He’s a senior party leader of WP, putting aside how illogical this is, it’s frustrating listening to this.

His body language in this 2nd round is very defensive and he's very offensive now. He is making a fricking big mistake when he was again informed that it is an offense not to answer, etc. Punish the idiot

Co Drivers getting slapped. Turns out they have no driver's licence after all.

Edwin Tong is too damn arrogant. His way of questioning is bordering on harassment and threatening.. Faisal Manap is totally being extra cautious when answering people like him as the panel which is made up of majority of the ruling party will definitely be trying to direct their questioning to suit their way of thinking.. not everyone reacts and feels the sane way given the same situation.I totally understand why and how the 3 WP leaders react the way they did.. it’s RK who was sneaky and cunning to catch them by surprise with her sequence of admissions to the party leaders.. she’s a serial liar!!

Wayang king...good luck to WP Sengkang ..Sink khan. You kave this kind of shady character/s.

This just shows how unprepared WP are for this hearing.

His hand is shaking. Poor guy. I think he is worried about.. jialat, next term $16K per month boliao ..

Quite surprised by now,all of us would've tore out our hair,lah😂

What is his resume and how long has he been at the job

Totally agree, not everyone can speak or interpret a very long and suggestive question. What is the COP chairman doing. Even HSK cannot activulate what "East Coast Plan" is after so many months. They are people in the world who simple cannot make a good conversation but can work demn well.

WOW is he really an:MP???!!!!!!!!

How come a person of this caliber can become an MP? And has he done anything substantial to the community especially the Malay Muslim grps.

The WP rep was a man of average intellect, grilled by a team of elites in PAP over a few hours. Anyone else average in this situation will sound confused and wrong. Whatever the case is, it shows the talent difference between the panel and the interviewee, where all are MPs.

How and where do we begin with Pak Manap? Sigh...Pritam you need better credential people. It's like watching a 7 year old boy being grilled..he is either muttering or stuttering.

😆Mr MANAP Mr MANAP, you don't need to think that hard for something that took place 1 - 2 days ago where you checked with SL and PS about the sequence of events of your notes. Got caught off guard by Ah Tong's cross-examination that differed from nice guy Desmond.

What is the objective here? Are we using too much resource, time and $$ on this matter? Is there a timeline where the committee can share with the public since they have allowed the public to view and listen to the hearing? We do not want to pay our minister and our MP for any political driven agenda. Neither do we want any misinformed evidence to continue this saga. We have more important things to handle like COVID-19 restrictions, measures, plans to open economy, plans to return to workplace, helping the tourism sector, helping the intellectual disabled under this global pandemic, plans to recover supply chain disruption and many more.

Is this a standard of a a senior member of WP ?