On Sunday, Chee Soon Juan, chief of the Singapore Democratic Party, announced his candidacy for the Bukit Batok by-election. Although others have expressed possible interest, he's the only (and most prominent) opposition party member to confirm his place in the fight.
Today, the People's Action Party introduced its candidate — lawyer K. Muralidharan Pillai, who's been a long-time PAP activist. Formerly the Branch Secretary of PAP Bukit Batok, he's been the chairman of PAP's Paya Lebar branch since 2012.
If you remember, the 48-year-old was part of the PAP team that went head-to-head with The Workers' Party for Aljunied GRC in the 2015 General Election, and lost by a narrow margin. 53-year-old Chee ran with his SDP team for the Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, but lost to the PAP 33.4 percent to 66.6 percent.