Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong stated July 12 that he has instructed the nation’s transport minister S. Iswaran to go on go away after he was implicated in an anti-graft company investigation.
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SINGAPORE — Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has requested the nation’s transport minister to go on go away after he was implicated in an anti-graft company investigation.
S. Iswaran is amongst a number of unnamed people at present helping Singapore’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau in investigations and he will likely be on go away till investigations are accomplished, Lee stated in a press release Wednesday.
“I’ve instructed Minister Iswaran to take go away of absence till these investigations are accomplished,” Lee stated, with out elaborating on the specifics of the case.
Senior Minister of State Chee Hong Tat will likely be appearing minister for transport, Lee added.
The announcement comes weeks after a state assessment on allegations made in opposition to two different cupboard ministers concerning their rental of government-owned colonial bungalows.
A assessment led by a senior member of Lee’s cupboard discovered no foundation in allegations of corruption and abuse of energy in opposition to Legislation and Dwelling Affairs Minister Ok. Shanmugam and International Minister Vivian Balakrishnan. Neither of the 2 ministers had been requested to go on go away.
Singapore pays its ministers the best salaries on the earth.
The Southeast Asian city-state prides itself for its clear fame and is at present fifth on Transparency Worldwide’s newest Corruption Notion Index.