J. B. Jeyaretnam
Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam , more commonly known as J. B. Jeyaretnam or J.B.J., was a Singaporean politician and lawyer. He was the leader of the Workers Party from 1971 to 2001. In 1981, he became the first opposition politician since Singapores independence in 1965 to win a seat in Parliament, when he defeated Pang Kim Hin of the governing Peoples Action Party in a byelection in Anson Single Member Constituency. He was reelected at the 1984 general election, but lost his seat in Parliament in 1986 following a conviction for falsely accounting the partys funds. His conviction was subsequently overturned by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which called the conviction a grievous injustice. Jeyaretnam returned to Parliament after the 1997 general election as a NonConstituency Member of Parliament . However, he was stripped of his NCMP seat in 2001 when he was declared bankrupt after failing to keep up with payments for damages owed to PAP leaders as a result of a libel suit.
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