India, July 20 -- Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, Singapore's acting Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, resigned from the cabinet, the parliament and the ruling People's Action Party on Monday after Prime Minister Lawrence Wong disclosed that the minister's interactions with a woman had prompted cross-allegations of harassment, marking the city-state's most significant political scandal in three years.

Wong announced Faishal's resignation in a statement to local media on Monday, revealing that his office had first learned of the matter roughly a month earlier.

"This matter came to our attention about a month ago when the Prime Minister's Office received an email from a female member of the public concerning her interactions with Assoc Prof...