RP's Darren Soh is an adulterer who refuses to pay for alimony and child support!

Talk about hell hath no fury than a woman scorned! Immediately after the media did a feature on RP candidate Darren Soh, his ex-wife gave him no face and exposed his dirty laundry on her Facebook page!  

So the scoop is that Darren Soh cheated on her with a PRC Chinese mistress whom he is now currently married to! But that's not all! He is not only a philandering husband, but an irresponsible father as well! Apparently, this stingy bastard has also stopped paying the alimony and child maintenance owed to his ex-wife and son. And it gets even worse. In order to get out of paying his wife, he went to the extent of fighting for custody of his son, and to that end, he terrorised the poor mother and son by turning up unannounced at their door and work place to harrass them!

This fella claimed that he has no money for alimony and child support but suddenly now he has the money to run for elections? Dude needs to get his priorities straight. No woman (or man) will give their vote to a person who doesn't take his marriage vows seriously, renegades on his duties and responsibilities as a husband and father and defaults on his financial obligations. This jerk can't even hold his family together, how does he expect voters to believe that he can be trusted to govern a country?

Think only a desperate leader like Kenneth Jeyababy would believe in him. After all, even though he was informed of Darren's despicable behaviour, he doesn't think it's a problem and brushed it aside by saying it is a personal family matter. Sorry Jeyababy, this is not just a personal family matter because Singaporeans should not have to vote for someone who might potentially fail in his duties as an MP and abandon them when he finds another country more attractive to toy with.

Chee & Chiam : Singapore Electoral History

1993 was a dark year for Singapore opposition politics. That year, a schismic split between powerful opposition leader Mr Chiam See Tong and his protege, Dr Chee Soon Juan, who Chiam personally brought into the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), shattered the party irrevocably. The split crippled the rising SDP, which held 3 seats in parliament, and set the opposition cause back many years.

The crux of the split was a farcical attempt in early 1993 by Dr Chee to hold a hunger strike to protest his dismissal from the National University of Singapore. Chee, then a psychology lecturer, was accused of wrongful use research funds. In April that year, Chee began his hunger strike, and by this he meant having one large meal early in the day and supplementing his diet for the rest of the day with glucose solution.

Concerned that Chee's actions would harm the party's image, Mr Chiam tabled a motion to the SDP executive committee on 17 May to censur Dr Chee. Unfortunately for Chiam, Chee's faction shot him down. Realizing that he had just lost control of the party he spent 13 years building up, Mr Chiam resigned the very same day as SDP secretary-general in May 1993.

The truth is that this unfortunate incident was motivated by a bitter power struggle between the veteran Chiam and the newly appointed SDP members of parliament Cheo Chai Chen and Ling How Doong. In the 1991 general election, Cheo had wrested away the Nee Soon Central seat from the incumbent People's Action Party (PAP), while Ling had won in Bukit Gombak. Chiam, as secretary-general of the party, had wanted to centralize control of all town councils under the SDP, but Ling and Cheo had other ideas and wanted to run the townships themselves. When Chiam tabled his motion against Chee, Cheo and Ling saw the opportunity to oust Mr Chiam from his own party. They prevailed, but Cheo and Ling's subsequent mismanagement of their town councils resulted in the return of Nee Soon Central and Bukit Gombak to the PAP.

Shortly after Chiam resigned as secretary-general, he was summoned to appear on 28 Jul 1993 before the SDP CEC, now led by Chee. In that session, he faced a barrage of attacks from the members, who unilaterally expelled him from the party at the end of the session. Chiam sued, arguing that their move was invalid. The High Court ruled in favour of Chiam, who returned to the party where an uneasy calm settled between the warring factions.

This peace was broken again in May 1995, shortly after Chee was elected SDP secretary-general. Mr Chiam spoke out in parliament against Chee for accepting a dubious offer from Williams College, Massachusetts, to attend an alternative panel discussion which opposed the conferring of an honorary degree on then-Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Chiam opposed Chee's attendance at the event, which he felt was an American attempt to belittle Singapore's political and judicial system. Chiam believed that responsible politicians should not use the western press to unfairly attack Singapore.

Chiam famously said of Chee: "It saddens me that the SDP is now run by a megalomaniac. This man wants centre-stage all the time. I think it is this character which sends him to Williamstown... Mr Speaker, Sir, but what is more important that has happened in Williamstown is that there are certain people there who would like to see Singapore being run down and attacked Singapore. The issue here is not just about people like Chee Soon Juan who come and go in any event but about the survival of Singapore. Singapore's survival is at stake because there is an attack on the basic institution of Singapore and on the system of Singapore. And it is the duty of loyal Opposition to defend Singapore."

For this, Chee and the CEC publicly shamed Chiam in the press, accusing him of being a puppet to the PAP, acting as an authoritarian, and attempting to destroy the SDP because of his own jealousy and thirst for power. Chiam sued Chee and the CEC for libel and won $120,000 in damages. He later left the SDP to join the Singapore People's Party in 1996.

This sordid piece of history serves as a warning to our voters today. In general election 2015, Chee Soon Juan has returned to stand as secretary-general of the SDP in Holland-Bukit Timah, while his former ally, Mr Cheo Chai Chen is contesting under the National Solidarity Party ticket in MacPherson. 

While I am genuinely excited for the increased opposition presence against the PAP, I cannot help but feel uneasy about Chee and Cheo's past misdeeds. From Chee's ruthless treatment of former mentor Chiam to his history of maniacal outbursts, voters need to consider whether having Chee in parliament would truly enrich the level of debate for the benefit of all Singaporeans. Lest we forget, voters should likewise consider whether Cheo Chai Chen, whose reckless personal ambition cost Mr Chiam his position in the party, and whose bungling of his town council duties cost the opposition their hard won seat in parliament, has become a more capable man in the past decade.

PAP's Darryl David is a serial monogamist!

So funny how the media will play up any scandalous news about opposition politicians but when it comes to the PAP, they won't even touch it with a 10 foot pole. Well, this is not exactly a scandal, but it is somewhat tabloid-y and definately worthy of some attention because we wouldn't want another Yaw Shin Leong or Michael Palmer in Parliament do we?

Did you know that Darryl David is a skirt-chasing serial monogamist? It's not that much of a surprise, as anyone who knew him personally can attest, especially given his past as a media personality before his foray into politics.

But isnt it somewhat odd that no one mentioned his previous marriage to radio personality Georgina Chang, when their marriage was previously given quite a bit of media coverage at that time.

 Their wedding was covered by The New Paper and they were even featured on the cover of Women's Weekly!  

Even a recent article about his marriage to his current wife omitted the fact that this was his second marriage!

It seems as if everyone just wanted to erase poor Georgina out of his public life! But why would anyone want to do that? Unless he did something that he didn't want anyone to know....?

Fishy people in GE2015...

First on our list of fishy politicians is none other than serial party-hopper Hazel Poa! Did you know that she was a former civil servant in the administrative service before she started her political journey with the RP? But just 3 months before the 2011 GE, she quit RP to join NSP!

Barely a month after the elections and only 4 months as a NSP newbie, she was anomalously elected to become the secretary-general of the party! Talk about a quick ascension! Even Lee Hsien Loong had to wait 20 years before he was elected as sec-gen of the PAP! The next 4 years she was in a bit of a ding-dong for the post of NSP sec-gen until just before this GE, she unilaterally made the decision to pull NSP out from contesting in MacPherson SMC and Marine Parade GRC without even consulting the CEC! Then after she made NSP look like idiots for saying they will contest, then not contest, then contest again, she decided to quit NSP and join SDP!

One can't help but wonder if there's a trend of her jumping ship from one party to another just before a GE is held...Is she just someone who holds no loyalty to the parties she join, or is she something else....?

Second on our list of fishy politicians is another serial-party hopper Jeanette Chong-Aruldoss! Like our dear Hazelnut, she started her political career in RP before joining in the exodus to NSP and standing under their ticket to run in the 2011 GE. 

In 2013, she took over the position of sec-gen from Hazelnut when the latter resigned from the post. But being a sec-gen wasn't enough for our dear Jeanette so in 2015, she decided to challenge Sebastian Teo for his position as party president. Too bad she lost the fight and resigned from the party to join the SPP with her tail between her legs.

Seems like there's also some sort of crop pattern here where political noobs use RP and NSP as jumping boards before moving off to other unsuspecting parties...

Our third suspect is the shrilly CPF banshee Han Hui Hui! Everyone knows that in a GE, anything other than a 1 vs 1 fight with the PAP is only going to fragment the opposition votes. Yet, this former Malaysian decided to throw her hat into the ring to contest even though she does not have enough money or the backing of her activist friends who have managed to seek shelter under RP's roof (RP again?? It'll be interesting to see if Roy Ngerng, M Ravi, Gilbert Goh quits RP to join NSP). If even RP doesn't accept her under their wing, it must say alot about her doesn't it? 

Last but not least, we have Mr. random-independent-candidate-that-popped-out-of-nowhere Samir Salim Neji. Who the heck is he? No one seems to know. He is so unknown that he didn't even have the requisite number of assentors for his nomination! And here comes the twist - his PAP rivals actually offered him their supporters to act as his assentors so that he could put up his nomination successfully! If a rival offers to help you beat him means something is not really right with the situation. Doubt the PAP would help the WP if they messed up their nomination forms.

Did Kahar Hassan do something naughty for the PAP to turn their backs on him?

From potential PAP candidate in Aljunied GRC to a political nobody. Isn't it curious how the PAP suddenly decided to replace a PAP Branch Chairman who has walked the Kaki Bukit ground for the past 16 months without any explanation or reasons given for the decision? 

The poor chap wasn't even asked to help out with the new team, told about his next posting, or even invited to the launch of the party's manifesto!

It certainly doesn't help that Lim Boon Heng 'clarified' that the PAP's decision was "not because he's done anything criminal or there's a scandal". 

Oops, did someone just make a Fruedian slip? Maybe someone received too much warmth, love (and hugs)! from his residents huh? :P