SINGAPORE: Speaker Seah Kian Peng apologised on Friday (Sep 18) for falling asleep while chairing parliament proceedings last week.
This came after videos of a clerk trying to wake Mr Seah up during a parliamentary sitting on Sep 9 were circulated online.
In a Facebook post, Mr Seah said he was unwell that day and had taken medication.
“But that does not excuse what happened,” he added, saying that the incident fell short of the standards expected of the office and that he took full responsibility.
According to Mr Seah, he fell asleep after the sitting’s four-hour mark.
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