Nicole Seah Came Clean To Her Family In 2022 Before Affair Became Public: Pritam Singh

Pritam Singh Says Nicole Seah Came Clean To Family About Affair A Year Ago

Former Workers’ Party (WP) members Leon Perera and Nicole Seah had admitted to having an affair with each other following GE2020.

But what was perhaps more surprising was the fact that Ms Seah had come clean to her family about the affair a year ago.

Party secretary-general Pritam Singh found out about this after speaking to Mr Perera and Ms Seah on Monday (17 July), the same day a video of them holding hands at a restaurant went viral.

This circumstance was in contrast to former PAP MPs Tan Chuan-Jin and Cheng Li Hui’s affair, which they had continued throughout the year even though they had been told to stop in February.

Nicole Seah told family earlier, Perera’s family made aware recently

Mr Singh was asked on Wednesday (19 July) about Mr Perera and Ms Seah’s reactions during the confrontation.

He said he had concluded that the pair were “disappointed with themselves” for causing hurt to their families. For Ms Seah, in particular, she felt sorry towards her husband and mother.

This was especially the case for Mr Perera, whose family was only recently made aware of the improper relationship.

Ms Seah, on the other hand, had spoken to her family before this. “In Nicole’s case, she had approached her loved ones earlier to speak about the matter, and she had been resolving the matter earlier,” said Mr Singh.

Hence, he added that the process of healing started much earlier.

Describing families as a crucible of strength, he expressed his hope that both families will find the strength to recover and move on.

Mr Perera’s driver alerted Pritam & other party members to the rendezvous

Earlier in the press conference, Mr Singh said he was informed by Mr Perera’s driver sometime between late-2020 and early-2021 that Mr Perera had been meeting Ms Seah “very often” at restaurants and hotels.

The driver also claimed that the pair were seen hugging and holding hands.

However, Mr Singh said there was no “evidence or corroborative information to support the allegations”.

When confronted, Mr Perera claimed that the driver’s allegations were untrue. He was also about to terminate the driver’s services at the time due to an ongoing dispute.

Mr Singh also said that he and other WP members had only seen the now-viral video for the first time when it surfaced on Monday (17 July).

Upon seeing the video, Mr Singh said he arranged to meet Ms Seah and Mr Perera separately that afternoon.

Both admitted to the affair, which was said to have started after the 2020 General Election, but had stopped “some time ago”.

Both senior party members have resigned, effective immediately.

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Featured image by MS News and adapted from Victoria Wang on Facebook.