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SINGAPORE: Workers’ Party politician Yee Jenn Jong has revealed that his family member has had, to date, difficulties opening certain accounts in local banks, all because he is classified as a Politically Exposed Person .
Referring to a joke Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean made during the parliamentary sitting that discussed the Ridout Road controversy yesterday , Mr Yee said on Facebook: “I have difficulties opening a bank account in my own country! Some years ago, I wanted a new bank account for my business. Surprisingly, one local bank turned me down.
In an anonymous post to a support group on social media, an employer wrote: “My helper just arrived from her home town and during her pre employment check up it turns out that she is pregnant!”SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has asserted that Cabinet Ministers K Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan have done nothing wrong in choosing to rent the state-owned colonial bungalows along Ridout Road and in the way they went about securing their tenancies.
Speaking in Parliament after the House discussed the Ridout Road controversy for more than five hours today , Mr Lee said that it is not wrong for ministers to rent properties from SLA or a private landlord if all the procedures are adhered to, and the transaction is completed properly.
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