The People's Action Party (PAP) has 'engaged in half-truths' on matters of significant public interest, Workers' Party (WP) chief Pritam Singh said in Parliament on Wednesday (July 2). His comments came after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's statement on the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau's (CPIB) probe involving S Iswaran, and the extramarital affair between former Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin...
On Iswaran's case, Singh said that there is "considerable public disquiet" over CPIB's statement on July 12 that stated Iswaran was assisting in investigations.
He added that CPIB's "course of action" brought unnecessary attention to their processes, and "by extension their impartiality". "In view of the complexity of government and governance today, it would not be embarrassing for the government to consider the appointment of an ethics adviser."Responding to Singh's lengthy clarification in a packed Parliament House, PM Lee said the issue of TraceTogetherOn Iswaran's case, he said that the CPIB does not investigate someone unless there is a very serious reason to do so.
"What is important is that I did conduct an investigation and the investigation results were published."
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PM Lee says he should have ‘forced the issue earlier’ after learning of PAP MPs' affairPrime Minister Lee Hsien Loong tells parliament he had hoped to save Tan Chuan-Jin and Cheng Li Hui, as well as their families, from pain and embarrassment.
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