It's the 11th hour since the last post from Ling... are you holding your breath?
The happy ending already in the parable provided by gct.
go read again - his son took him out for very good meal follow by a stroll in the park ...
It's the 11th hour since the last post from Ling... are you holding your breath?
Very well written but the problem is, in Singapore context, conflict of interest is defined by PAP not Wikipedia or the commoners. Not forgetting the AG's Chamber is under his thumb.
Yes, his undoing was the secret committee. If thad not be secret, it will be interesting if the siblings could have raised those allegations. Conduct gives away the agenda and the intentions.
This double-headed snake of a double-dealing dog adopted a simple sleight of hand and words to deliberately mislead everyone in his attempt to wriggle out of LHY's "conflict of interest (COI)" charge against him. He did it by choosing to cunningly define LHY's "general" COI charge within the specific context of the "Legal Profession Act (Chapter 161), Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) Rules 2015".
The entire Act and Rules, specifically Rules 20, 21, 22 (matters concerning COI) and Rule 47 (Giving of free legal advice) no longer applied/applies to him as he was already a Minister (during that period), and was not a practising lawyer.
Notwithstanding this, LHY's charge against this double-dealing dog is entirely true and valid. No one needs to be a son or daughter of LKY, or to be familiar with the legal concept of "conflict of interest" to sense that it cannot be right for this dog to have "helped and "advised" LKY and the two siblings back then on a subject matter of which he is now deliberating on, in his position as a member of the secret committee for the "opposing" side.
This dog is in breach of LHL's own "Rules of Prudence". In addition, he is guilty of conflict of interest not only in the moral and ethical sense but also as spelt out in the "Code of Conduct for Ministers" that has been in existence since 1954. If applied, it would warrant this dog's immediate removal from office.
The huge problem of course is that first born is also in breach of his own "Rules of Prudence" as well as the "Code of Conduct for Ministers". Hence, this dog has first born's balls on a vice-like grip. First born has zero moral authority to act on this dog and cannot remove him from office without fucking himself up completely.
To put it colloquially, this is call ownself fuck ownself.
The happy ending already in the parable provided by gct.
go read again - his son took him out for very good meal follow by a stroll in the park ...
LKY built up Singapore against all odds; the son is anti-demolish using all sorts of acts and state organs to bring it down!
The committee had to be secret because Shan is advising both sides. This is in addition to his wanting to teach his siblings a lesson financially not to play punk with him and Chung.
Any other plausible reasons?
Did Lucien when appointed AG touch this matter at all? If so, that's another conflict of interest.
Impressive. The 2 scenarios 42, 66 are the 2 likely possibilities based on limited information. When he got caught over Nassim Jade, he pleaded pitifully that Nassim Jade was going to be his retirement home and that it would be his second property that he owned after 38. And therefore Cluny was in his wife's name only. He was always cautious of his own wealth for political reasons. In his memoirs he mentioned that he bought his merc before becoming PM to avoid any allegation. His wife became the bank.
I'm flattered. :oFlatearther! Good job in that analysis! I think your guess in LKY's estate is pretty close!
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But LHL said that he donated all of the money (that LHY paid him for the house) to "charity" (while LHY donated only half of that amount), which is probably why LHL dares to "punish" LHY by gazetting the house, resulting in its market value going down significantly (maybe it will go down by half and LHY might be "forced" to sell it to the government at that new lower market value, which would be "fair" because LHL's net worth also went down by the same amount after he donated the money to "charity", right? ):Spot on. It's win-win for Pinky. Get money from younger bro first. Then let the committee decide. Meaning he has final say on 38. What a greedy bastard!
There will never be a Prime Minister Li Hongyi. Kenna hong diowed by this humiliating episode. Chee Soon Juan have been kneeling before his God's altar crying and sobbing his gratitude in the last few days.
Just received this piece of news from PAP plp .... Teo Chee Hean will announce that he was the one who initiated the Ministerial Committee.
Apparently he's taking the rap for his pondang boss.
ah Shan said something liao
Cabinet Committee
Mr Lee Hsien Yang has questioned my being in the Committee chaired by DPM Teo.
There are dozens of Cabinet Committees set up on a variety of matters. Some are permanent, some are temporary.
Their composition is not public and they report to the Cabinet.
I am well aware of the rules of conflict, having been in practice for over 22 years. The suggestion that I am in conflict is ridiculous. If Mr Lee Hsien Yang seriously believes that I was in conflict, he can get a lawyer to write to me and I will respond.
I was already a Cabinet Minister when I spoke with some members of the Lee family -- at their behest -- and gave them my views. They were not my clients. Nothing that I said then precludes me from serving in this Committee.
I am sure most Singaporeans are sick and tired about these endless allegations, which are quite baseless.
The government has serious business to attend to relating to the welfare of Singaporeans.
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