When a private indiscretion... turns into a very public issue

On how the Yaw Shin Leong affair might have affected the way PAP handled the Palmer affair, SMU Assistant Professor of Law and NMP Eugene Tan commented that the Yaw Shin Leong affair made it imperative for the PAP to act in the way it did. “This is not to say it would have acted differently if Yaw’s case didn't happen. Given its longstanding commitment to high moral standards for MPs, what happened was consistent” he said.