Dr Eugene Tan, Assistant Professor from the SMU School of Law and NMP, commented that this is a very bold and shrewd decision, as it has elevated WP to a moral high ground. He believed that the reason WP repressed themselves in Parliament during the CPIB probes on two civil servants was because of Yaw's case. However, now they can put pressure on the government and ask the government to come clean.
Lianhe Zaobao, my paper