THE opposition team led by Socialist Front (SF) chief Ng Teck Siong has aborted its plan to battle Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew in Tanjong Pagar GRC in the May 7 General Election. The five-member line-up - which includes Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS) secretary-general Nazem Suki, Mr Ng Pian Ying from the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA), Mr Lim Mie and Mr Abdullah Salam - broke the news in a press statement on Monday afternoon.

THE youngest political party here is pulling out of the race for the coming polls, it announced on Friday. The Socialist Front does not want to engage in any three-cornered fights in the upcoming General Election, its secretary-general Chia Ti Lik said at a press conference.

A FINE that lawyer and opposition politician Chia Ti Lik has to pay after having been found guilty of professional misconduct will not disqualify him from contesting in the coming general election, legal experts say.

A DISCIPLINARY tribunal has found opposition party leader and lawyer Chia Ti Lik guilty of professional misconduct.