In Pictures: Former Workers' Party chief Low Thia Khiang steps down from electoral politics

After almost 40 years in politics, 29 of them as an MP, Low Thia Khiang, 63, says he is stepping down from electoral politics with no regrets.

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Jun 26, 2020, 04:19 PM

Mr Low thanking Hougang residents after his victory in the 1991 General Election. PHOTO: ST FILE

J.B. Jeyaretnam (left) and Mr Low at a Workers' Party rally in Hougang on Dec 29, 1996. PHOTO: ST FILE

Mr Low (left) and party secretary-general J.B. Jeyaretnam (next to him) distributing hongbao and food hampers to elderly residents in Hougang in 1996. PHOTO: ST FILE

Mr Low with supporters in 1997. PHOTO: ST FILE

Mr Low surrounded by his supporters as he leaves the Workers' Party election rally at Hougang Stadium on Oct 27, 2001. PHOTO: ST FILE

Mr Low carries an eight-month-old Rayson Tan Zhen Yu while meeting Hougang residents during a walkabout with Dr Poh Lee Guan (centre) in 2001. PHOTO: ST FILE

Mr Low (standing, right) accepting goodwill wishes from a member of the public during the Workers' Party rally at Hougang Stadium in 2001. PHOTO: ST FILE

Mr Low on a walkabout starting from Hougang Street 21 one day before Polling Day on May 5, 2006. PHOTO: ST FILE

Mr Low at his Meet-the-People session on Aug 22, 2009. PHOTO: ST FILE

Mr Low with party members in Yishun on April 3, 2011. PHOTO: ST FILE

The Workers' Party Aljunied GRC team of (from left) Mr Low Thia Khiang, Mr Faisal Manap, Ms Sylvia Lim, Mr Chen Show Mao and Mr Pritam Singh taking a picture with stallholders during a walkabout at Kovan Hougang Food Centre on April 30, 2011. PHOTO: ST FILE

Mr Low (centre) and then Sengkang West candidate Koh Choong Yong (left) seeking silence after supporters started calling for Mr Low to speak during a rally held in Sengkang on May 3, 2011. PHOTO: ST FILE

Mr Low speaking at a rally held at Serangoon Stadium on May 5, 2011. PHOTO: BUSINESS TIMES

Mr Low, at his last Meet-the-People Session as Secretary-General of Workers' Party, at the void deck of Block 522 Hougang Avenue 6, on April 4, 2018. PHOTO: ST FILE

Mr Low (with garlands) waving to supporters at the WP rally for Aljunied GRC at Serangoon Stadium on Sept 8, 2015. PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER

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