PM Lee and DPM Wong did not reveal Iswaran arrest as it was related to CPIB's 'operational matters', says PMO

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PM Lee and DPM Wong did not reveal Iswaran arrest as it was related to CPIB's 'operational matters', says PMO in POFMA order issued to blog Political Sophistry

did not want to deviate from what the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau had announced in its initial statement on the investigation as it was"related to operational matters", the Prime Minister's Office said on Thursday .

In its article “Upfront and transparent? A timeline of the CPIB investigation into Transport Minister Iswaran” published on Jul 16, the blog suggested that DPM Wong “deliberately withheld information” as he wanted to “conceal the truth”, said PMO.On Jul 12, CPIB issued a press release stating that Mr Iswaran was assisting the bureau with an investigation.

Two days later, CPIB provided an update in response to media queries stating that Mr Iswaran and property tycoon Ong Beng Seng were both arrested on Jul 11 and subsequently released on bail. Topics include the Ridout Road debate - in which two senior ministers rented state properties - as well as the government's handling of the resignations of parliamentary speaker Tan Chuan-Jin and lawmaker Cheng Li Hui..

 

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