WHEN Potong Pasir MP Chiam See Tong spoke in Parliament during the Budget debate last week, he caused some eyebrows to raise and jaws to drop.
On Wednesday, the 73-year-old walked slowly to the rostrum to speak. For about a minute, he stood there, hunched over, in silence. When he finally began reading from a prepared text, his voice was barely audible.
On Thursday, the opposition MP walked to the rostrum again, to pose a question. This time, still barely audible, he spoke so slowly that his time was up before he could finish his query.
Last year, the leader of the Singapore People's Party suffered a mild stroke. Although he was up and about soon after, his frail physique, hunched posture and slurred speech since have caused some to question if he can still carry out his MP duties.
