Overview

• Delivering a ministerial statement on Oct 14, K. Shanmugam urged immediate, unequivocal repudiation of appeals based on race or religion and of any external attempts to sway voters.
• He cited campaign‑period calls by Singaporean preacher Noor Deros and Malaysian PAS figures urging support for the Workers' Party’s Faisal Manap in Tampines GRC.
• Authorities said on April 25 that they had identified foreigners trying to influence the election and moved to block several Facebook posts by PAS officials.
• Shanmugam said the Workers' Party responded late and without sufficient clarity, noting that Pritam Singh later rejected foreign involvement and stated the party did not need outside support.
• Warning that identity politics poses an existential risk, he referenced past communal tensions and suggested such appeals may have begun shaping voter behavior in Tampines.