SINGAPORE — An ongoing corruption probe involving Transport Minister S Iswaran stemmed from an unrelated investigation on a separate matter by the Corru
stemmed from an unrelated investigation on a separate matter by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau , Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Wednesday .
Mr Wong urged the public to let the investigation"take its course and refrain from any further speculation at this juncture". Mr Wong, who is also Finance Minister, was addressing reporters about the investigations involving Mr Iswaran at the Ministry of Communications and Information on Wednesday.that it has uncovered.In a separate statement released on the Prime Minister’s Office website, Mr Lee said that he was briefed by the director of CPIB last Wednesday regarding a case that the bureau had uncovered.
In the Ridout Road case, allegations related to the matter had been made online and the Singapore Land Authority had made a statement. Questions were raised by the public and MPs even after the statement was put out. Mr Wong said that the probe involving Mr Iswaran is"concrete proof" of how Singapore's anti-corruption system works and that the Government will continue to uphold"stringent standards of honesty, integrity and probity" that Singaporeans expect of their political leaders.
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