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This was confirmed by Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) Gerald Giam, who is also chair of WP’s media team. He said that the expulsion was carried out on the grounds set out under Article 22 of the WP Constitution.
Section (a) states: “The Executive Council, if satisfied that the conduct of any member is contrary to the principles or aims or objects of the Party or prejudicial to the welfare of the Party, may suspend or expel such member from any post in the Party, and demote him to the status of ordinary member if an Organising Member, and expel him from membership of the Party.”
Based on what appears to be a copy of a WP letter to Poh dated 12 July, the WP executive council heard Poh's explanation of his actions during the Hougang by-election on 10 July and did not find it acceptable.
Giam refused to confirm whether the letter, which has been seen posted on Poh's personal Facebook page and was re-posted by publichouse.sg, was authentic or not.
Poh emerged as a surprise potential contender in the Hougang by-election after it was revealed he had been issued a political donation certificate, a prerequisite for standing in the by-election. The 50-year-old's claim to the media that he was the “unofficial back-up” contradicted party chief Low Thia Kiang’s insistence that there was no such reserve candidate.
Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) Eugene Tan had said then that Poh's actions had damaged the party's image.
In the end, the battle for Hougang came down to a straight showdown between the WP’s official nominee, businessman Png Eng Huat, and the People's Action Party’s Desmond Choo. Png won the by-election on 26 May.
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