Here’s a look at past scandals that have engulfed politicians from the ruling party.
The scandal may further sway voter support from the long-ruling party after last week’s arrest of Transport Minister S. Iswaran and property tycoon Ong Beng Seng in a graft probe. PAP has governed Singapore since independence in 1965.
“High standards of propriety and personal conduct, together with staying clean and incorrupt, are the fundamental reasons Singaporeans trust and respect the PAP,” Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a statement. “Without party discipline, without integrity, we are nothing.”Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan Jin and lawmaker Cheng Li Hui resigned on July 17. Both had continued the affair despite being counseled by the premier in February.
In a separate matter, Iswaran and businessman Ong were arrested on July 11 and subsequently released on bail. It’s the first time since 1986 that a Singapore graft probe has involved a senior minister.Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan and Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam were cleared of wrongdoing by the anti-corruption bureau for their rental of colonial houses in an upscale neighbourhood.
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