Shanmugam, Balakrishnan refute Pritam's claims that PAP obfuscates truth, 'selectively applies' sensitivity

But in response to Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC Member of Parliament Saktiandi Supaat who had also asked about the Government's disclosure of information over the scandals, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that people were"reading a lot into very little".

Mr Lee said that in dealing with the affair, he had given the matter"some time, I had hoped to give them a softer exit, and save them and their families the pain and embarrassment that they are suffering now".

For instance, he brought up the case of the Government's Covid-19 contract tracing initiative, TraceTogether, and how then Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation Initiative Vivian Balakrishnan had initially assured the public in June 2020 that the app would only be used for contact tracing.

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