Raeesah Khan

Raeesah Begum binte Farid Khan (born 10 November 1993) is a Singaporean social activist and former politician. A former member of the opposition Workers' Party (WP), she was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Compassvale division of Sengkang Group Representation Constituency (GRC) between 2020 and 2021. In 2016, Raeesah founded the Reyna Movement, an organisation offering up-skilling programs and community engagement to marginalised women and children. She joined the WP in 2018, having been a volunteer for its grassroots activities. In the 2020 general election, Raeesah stood in Sengkang GRC as part of a four-member WP team, which defeated the governing People's Action Party (PAP) in an upset. Prior to polling day, two police reports were filed against her, alleging that she had made inappropriate online comments on Singaporean racial and religious discrimination. On 17 September, she received a formal warning from the police for said online comments. Starting from 3 August 2021, Raeesah falsely alleged on multiple occasions that a police officer inappropriately commented on a rape victim she had accompanied to a police station. On 30 November 2021, she resigned from Parliament and the WP after acknowledging that the allegation was false.