On 4 January 2025, Progress Singapore Party (PSP) volunteer Stella Stan Lee was involved in an incident during a walkabout at Goodview Gardens in Bukit Gombak, where she alleged that she was harassed by individuals believed to be affiliated with the People’s Action Party (PAP).
The following day, she filed a police report describing how she had been followed and filmed at close range by two men and a woman, who also took photographs of vehicle number plates.
The incident became a point of public contention after PAP MP Low Yen Ling countered with serious allegations against PSP members, including an accusation that a PAP volunteer had been slapped.
The matter escalated during the General Election 2025 period, with PSP leaders repeatedly calling for transparency and urging the authorities to release the outcome of investigations.
On 29 August 2025, PSP confirmed that police had informed four members and volunteers that no charges would be filed, and that both the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) would not release a public statement explaining the decision.
PSP expressed disappointment over the lack of clarity and warned that such silence could deter future civic volunteers.
Today, PSP volunteer Stella Stan Lee has released a full personal statement on the matter.
The statement provides her final remarks on the case and reflects on the broader implications for civic engagement and public conduct.
Below is Stella Stan Lee’s full statement, published in full with permission:
On 27 August 2025, I received a final update from the Singapore Police Force on the harassment incident at Goodview Gardens in Bukit Gombak on 4 January 2025, after speaking with both the case officer and the Chief Investigation Officer.
I was informed that the case does not meet the threshold for a criminal matter and will not proceed further. The police did not dispute my account that I made in the report.
This follows an earlier update to me from the police on 17 February 2025, that investigations had concluded and all evidence had been handed over to the Attorney-General’s Chambers.
I am grateful to the police for their professionalism shown to me — especially during the total of nine hours I spent giving my statement at the Cantonment Police Complex.
Even with the finality, this announcement was a long time coming — and took nearly eight months to be exact. For an ordinary person, this can feel like a slow and heavy burden, especially when the conclusion is something we should all agree on: that we must treat one another with civility. It should not take eight months to reinforce such a basic value.
This case is not just about me. If any woman found herself in an HDB corridor or lift, being followed and filmed at close range without consent by two men, we would all understand the outrage.
Harassment or bullying in any form must never be normalised in Singapore. To report harassment was necessary — because to stay silent is to allow injustice to further calcify into norm. And if left unanswered, it teaches others to accept it as the way things are.
My example is also about those who choose to step forward to serve, even as volunteers. Our national discourse should be driven by ideas — not sustained by intimidation. And if younger people are discouraged from stepping forward due to harassment, then who will serve Singapore and Singaporeans in the years ahead?
The future of this country depends on ordinary people who are willing to stand up, speak up, and serve for purpose.
I hope more Singaporeans will find the courage to step forward. Because this is our home, and it deserves all of us.
Video of the two men taking videos of her in the lift/ PAP member confronted by PSP volunteer
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