Overview

• Delivering a ministerial statement on Oct 14, K. Shanmugam said parties must respond quickly and unequivocally when race or religion is invoked in electioneering.
• He cited preacher Noor Deros’ social posts urging Tampines voters to back WP’s Faisal Manap on racial and religious grounds as a trigger for timely, clear pushback.
• MHA and the Elections Department said they identified foreign attempts to influence GE2025 and moved to block Facebook posts by Malaysian PAS figures backing WP and disparaging PAP Malay-Muslim MPs.
• The Workers’ Party issued an April 26 statement denying any commitments to Noor Deros, with Pritam Singh later clarifying the party’s stance and rejecting foreign involvement.
• Shanmugam argued that the WP’s responses came too late and lacked clarity during the campaign, and he sought agreement on future conduct to safeguard Singapore’s secular, multiracial political compact.