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A fact from Wee Toon Boon appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 January 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Wee Toon Boon remained a member of the Parliament of Singapore even after he began serving a prison sentence for corruption?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/January. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wee Toon Boon.

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst talk 15:13, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Singaporean politician Wee Toon Boon remained a Member of Parliament even after he began serving his prison sentence for corruption? Source: Numerous reports by The Straits Times (especially "Wee is still an MP, says Barker". The Straits Times. 5 September 1976. p. 7.)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Cliff Davis

Created by Kingoflettuce (talk). Self-nominated at 00:45, 20 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Wee Toon Boon; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Nice, straightforward, well written nom. Well done. Gatoclass (talk) 15:38, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]