SINGAPORE — Weighing in on the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau probe into Transport Minister S Iswaran, presidential hopeful Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Saturday expressed his faith in the"Singapore system" to deal with setbacks and to emerge stronger from it.
Mr Iswaran and Hotel Properties Limited managing director Ong Beng Seng were arrested by the CPIB on Tuesday. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has instructed Mr Iswaran to take a leave of absence. Adding that the Singapore system"is set up to ensure that there's no compromise when it comes to integrity", he reiterated:"Every time the question comes up, anything to do with integrity, anything to do with incorruptibility, we take it seriously, the CPIB is given full rein, it does its work."
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