SINGAPORE – Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Industry Gan Siow Huang has apologised following a handshaking incident.
A video that recently made its rounds on the internet shows her getting out of a car and being greeted by eight men, including one wearing a red shirt.
She shakes the hand of one man while being greeted by the others.
The man in the red shirt then helps her to close the car door before extending his hands for a handshake.
But Ms Gan shakes the hand of another man she was being introduced to before shaking the hand of the man in the red shirt and those of the others.
Speaking to The Straits Times on June 8, Ms Gan, who is the MP for Marymount SMC, said the incident happened on May 17.
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