SMSes expose Michael Palmer's affair
December 13, 2012 - 12:12pm
By:
Judith Tan
“MY FRIEND got a super scandal about a politician having an affair. Got proof. You interested?”
This intriguing text message sent to The New Paper by a contact at 10.48am on Saturday was the first hint of what unfolded yesterday.
TNP immediately tried to find out more about what seemed like an explosive story.
For the next hour, there was silence.
Then a couple more messages arrived five minutes before noon from a source close to the woman linked to the scandal.
At noon, four e-mails with the header “Michael Palmer” were sent to TNP. Attached to three of them were screengrabs of SMS and e-mail exchanges allegedly between the politicianand the woman.
Michael Palmer. Speaker of Parliament since last year. Young, dashing politician. This was a big story indeed.
The messages, which seemed to have been sent to the woman’s smartphone, suggested an intimate relationship between the two, which included regular Monday meetings.
One message reads: “Hello darling... I love you loads. More than I sometimes show... Sorry. Love love.”
More in The New Paper today (Dec 13).