Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam and Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan retain his full confidence.
Shanmugam says he rented Ridout Road property to prepare for sale of family home, not profiting from rental
The investigation and review also went beyond criminal conduct to look at whether there had been preferential treatment enjoyed by the ministers, whether any privileged information had been disclosed to them, whether the ministers had abused their position in the process of the rentals, or if there had been any other misconduct or impropriety.
On why he had asked a minister to conduct the review, rather than the Attorney-General’s Chambers, Mr Lee said that the courts are the arbiter of what is legal or illegal, but that was not all that was at stake here. Mr Lee also said that where ministers choose to live is a personal matter, provided “all procedures are followed”. They are paid a “clean wage”, and it’s up to them to decide how to save or spend it, said the Prime Minister.
Although there was no outright misconduct of any public servant, the result was that there was a perception of possible misconduct.
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