Singapore launches corruption probe into transport minister
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has asked the country's transport minister S. Iswaran to go on leave after he was implicated in an anti-graft agency investigation.No other details were offered in the prime minister's statement.
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said July 12 that he has instructed the country's transport minister S. Iswaran to go on leave after he was implicated in an anti-graft agency investigation.SINGAPORE — Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has asked the country's transport minister to go on leave after he was implicated in an anti-graft agency investigation.
S. Iswaran is among several unnamed individuals currently assisting Singapore's Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau in investigations and he will be on leave until investigations are completed, Lee said in"I have instructed Minister Iswaran to take leave of absence until these investigations are completed," Lee said, without elaborating on the specifics of the case.
A review led by a senior member of Lee's cabinet found no basis in allegations of corruption and abuse of power against Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam and Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan. Neither of the two ministers were asked to go on leave.The Southeast Asian city-state prides itself for its clean reputation and is currently fifth on Transparency International's latest
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