Yaw Shin Leong

Yaw Shin Leong (Chinese: 饶欣龙; pinyin: Ráo Xīnlóng; 2 June 1976 – 10 November 2023) was a Singaporean businessman and former Workers' Party politician.

[3] In the 2006 Singapore General Election, Yaw was candidate and leader of The Workers' Party team that contested the Prime Minister's seat of Ang Mo Kio Group Representative Constituency.

Made up largely of young, first-time candidates under the age of 35, the team was dubbed the "suicide squad" by the media, and the People's Action Party chairman Lim Boon Heng boldly predicted that the Prime Minister's team would win 80 to 85% of the votes, putting the "suicide squad" at risk of losing their deposits.

Yaw, along with fellow MP, Dr Chia Shi-Lu and Mr Ong Teng Koon, was invited to join the Advisory Council on Community Relations in Defence (Accord) which he accepted.

[9] On 15 February 2012, the Workers' Party announced that Yaw has been expelled with immediate effect, citing 'indiscretions in personal life' as reasons for expulsion.

[10][11] Prior to his expulsion, the Workers' Party's Central Executive Council invited Yaw to explain himself several times, but he failed to attend the meetings.

[citation needed] After the fall of his political career, Yaw, under the name/alias, Amos Rao, picked himself up and has ventured to Myanmar to work as the senior vice-president of Shenton Co, a private education training institute, and also the general manager of three subsidiaries there, including Temasek International College, which awards degrees and diplomas in international business and hospitality.