Transport Minister S Iswaran has been placed on a leave of absence until the CPIB investigation is completed.
SINGAPORE: Regardless of the outcome of a corruption probe into Mr S Iswaran, the Transport Minister's political standing would be affected in a country where there is"zero tolerance for corruption", analysts said.
"However, that it entails an investigation is bad for optics, a term referred to extensively in recent months," said Dr Tan Ern Ser, Associate Professor of Sociology at NUS. Law professor Eugene Tan said that regardless of the outcome of the investigation, it leaves Mr Iswaran’s political career"in grave doubt".
Dr Gillian Koh, deputy director of research at the Institute of Policy Studies, pointed out a few differences between this CPIB investigation and the recently concluded one on Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam and Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan for renting state property.
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