SINGAPORE: As public speculation swirled around the rental of black and white bungalows by two government ministers, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on May 17 tasked the Corrupt Pract
to look into the matter to determine if there was any misconduct related to transactions involving the two state properties.found no evidence of corruption or criminal wrongdoing
CPIB director Denis Tang in a letter to Mr Lee attached to the report said:"The Attorney-General’s Chambers has agreed with CPIB’s findings and recommendations. AGC has directed that no further action to be taken as the facts do not disclose any offence.
He offered to maintain the adjacent land at his own cost. Mr Shanmugam stated in his interview with CPIB that he had not wanted to lease the additional adjacent land as there would be legal obligations attached to leasing it.Ridout Road properties: ‘Thorough, meaningful’ debate and full transparency needed, say political analysts
The cost of maintaining this additional land, approximately S$25,000 per year, was incurred by Mr Shanmugam, which would otherwise be borne by SLA.""Mr Shanmugam and his agent were not aware of the guide rent. His agent studied the rental of comparable neighbouring properties, and independently determined and valued the rent. Mr Shanmugam instructed his property agent that he should not be paying less than his neighbours.
Mr Shanmugam paid S$61,400 to build a car porch. In addition, he stated in his interview with CPIB that he paid over S$400,000 for additional improvement works to the state property not covered by SLA’s restoration works. Instead, SLA assessed the guide rent to be S$24,500. SLA’s rationale was that on top of the S$24,500, it intended to charge the tenant another S$2,000 to recover the amortised cost of works to clear and incorporate the additional land. This would bring the total minimum rental to the correct value of S$26,500.
It was listed on the state property information online website. The property had been vacant for five years before two unsuccessful bids were made below the prevailing guide rent, i.e., S$12,000 in July 2018 and S$5,000 in August 2018.
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