Singapore, May 1 -- Singapore's opposition-led Workers' Party (WP) has reprimanded its Secretary-General Pritam Singh for lying to a parliamentary committee, setting the stage for his conviction in the court of law.

WP, which has 12 Members of Parliament out of the 99-seat House, said on Thursday a disciplinary panel convened in January had found that Singh, a former Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament, contravened two articles of the party's Constitution.

The party's top decision-making body, its central executive committee (CEC), made the decision. WP chairperson Sylvia Lim, its vice-chair Faisal Manap, and Singh recused themselves from these CEC meetings, WP said in a statement.

Lim and Faisal were also linked to the lying ca...