As a lawyer, even if the client has difficulty in paying, the lawyer may very well dump the client and discharge themselves.
Muralee had said himself that if BB did not vote him, therefore he did not get his $17k allowance, BB resident is not going to get the $1.9M upgrading, never mind the $24M already slated for BB, or that money does not come from Muralee or PAP.
Does it now jell with what Muralee said, and what he is as a professional lawyer which reflects his individual?
Now, business is business, even in BB BE. No allowance, no talk. That's Muralee, and that's PAP for you.
PAP is all about materialism. No money, no talk.