Source: The Straits
Times
Former constituency director
of Pasir Ris West Constituency Office, Laura Ong, was 'also dating
another man' while involved with Michael Palmer.
According to sources close to
Ms Ong, she was serious relationship with another man that
allegedly began before her affair with Michael Palmer
began.
This relationship apparently
began before her involvement with Mr Palmer, as early as two years
ago, when Ms Ong started receiving gifts from the man she had met
in the Punggol South ward, where he used to be a grassroots
volunteer and where she was a constituency director from 2006 to
2011.
The man, Andy Lim, who is in
early 30s, is a logistics manager and had in all likelihood
discovered that his lover was dating another man, added the sources
close to Ms Laura Ong. A friend of Ms Ong's told The Straits Times
that Mr Lim couldn't be contacted since the scandal
broke.
Mr Lim wrote on his LinkedIn
profile that he works as an area service manager in a logistics
firm, a post he has held since January 2011. He joined the firm in
2006. He is an alumnus of the Anglo-Chinese School and the Royal
Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Ms Ong and Mr Lim became more
open about their relationship as it developed, disclosing it to a
circle of close friends. They also posted on Facebook photos of a
trip to Legoland Malaysia two weeks ago.
Laura Ong is married but
separated from her husband of six years while Michael Palmer has
been married for 15 years to wife Diane.
Laura Ong has since tendered
her resignation on Dec 10, citing family commitments. On Dec 12,
the news broke of MP for Punggol East and Speaker of Parliament
Michael Palmer's resignation over an extramarital affair with a
member of the People's Association (PA).
Intimate SMSes and e-mails
allegedly exchanged between Speaker of Parliament Michael Palmer
and People's Association (PA) member Laura Ong also surfaced,
including a message confirming a booking at the Fairmont
Singapore.
Several photos of former
People's Association staff member Laura Ong with Minister of State
Teo Ser Luck are also currently making the rounds online. These
were taken during a grassroots retreat in Beijing, China in 2010,
clarified Mr Teo.
