SINGAPORE — The police will interview Workers' Party Member of Parliament Raeesah Khan over her claims in Parliament that they had mistreated an alleged rape victim in 2018, and investigate this "very serious matter", said Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam on Monday .
During a parliamentary debate on empowering women, Raeesah had said that she accompanied a 25-year-old woman to make a police report three years ago. However, the woman came out of the police station crying and alleged that officers had made comments about her dressing, and the fact that she was drinking, according to Raeesah.
On Monday, Shanmugam again pressed Raeesah to elaborate on the incident, in order for police to investigate further. "The government is very serious about making sure that the police do the right thing. So if they haven't behaved well, then we must discipline them." In response, Raeesah declined to provide more details. "With regards to confidentiality with the survivor, I would not like to reveal any of this information," she said, adding that she did not know the officers' identities. Noting that Speaker Tan Chuan-jin has the power to direct answers from MPs, Shanmugam then asked him to instruct Raeesah to at least reveal the month in which the incident allegedly took place.
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