They were the first comments by a Minister on the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) investigations related to a staff of the Ang Mo Kio Town Council (AMKTC).
To cut the long story short: Victor Wong, the general manager and secretary of AMKTC has been removed from his duties and is under investigation by the CPIB. Wong works for the managing agent of AMKTC and was asked to go on leave after the town council received a complaint about him.
K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs and Law, who was actually speaking at a news conference on another matter, told the media on Jan. 6 that we (referring to the government) “take probity in public office very, very seriously” and that the allegations would be “investigated and no one will be spared”.
More importantly, Shanmugam added that “no town council, no one, nothing will be swept under the carpet”.
Sweeping under the carpet was exactly what Channel NewsAsia and The Straits Times did to parts of his comments in their reports.
Now, compare the quote in CNA a few hours later:
It’s sweet to know that the editors of CNA (owned by Mediacorp) and ST (owned by Singapore Press Holdings) have such telepathy in over-zealously censoring the Minister’s remarks.
After all, the Minister is not wrong to say that Singapore is not utopia — in fact, there have been ministers charged for corruption during Singapore’s early years.
http://mothership.sg/2017/01/st-cna...-to-get-angels-in-power-all-the-time-comment/
To cut the long story short: Victor Wong, the general manager and secretary of AMKTC has been removed from his duties and is under investigation by the CPIB. Wong works for the managing agent of AMKTC and was asked to go on leave after the town council received a complaint about him.
K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs and Law, who was actually speaking at a news conference on another matter, told the media on Jan. 6 that we (referring to the government) “take probity in public office very, very seriously” and that the allegations would be “investigated and no one will be spared”.
More importantly, Shanmugam added that “no town council, no one, nothing will be swept under the carpet”.
Sweeping under the carpet was exactly what Channel NewsAsia and The Straits Times did to parts of his comments in their reports.
Now, compare the quote in CNA a few hours later:
It’s sweet to know that the editors of CNA (owned by Mediacorp) and ST (owned by Singapore Press Holdings) have such telepathy in over-zealously censoring the Minister’s remarks.
After all, the Minister is not wrong to say that Singapore is not utopia — in fact, there have been ministers charged for corruption during Singapore’s early years.
http://mothership.sg/2017/01/st-cna...-to-get-angels-in-power-all-the-time-comment/
