Deep Dive Podcast - WP's Ong Lue Ping on stepping down from IMH senior leadership to join opposition
When he decided to be actively involved as a Workers' Party candidate, senior principal child psychologist Dr Ong Lue Ping decided to move out of his then-director position at the Institute of Mental Health.
The WP candidate for Tampines GRC tells Steven Chia why staying could have presented a conflict of interest, and what prompted him to join the opposition party.
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