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[Dongyi]

1. As a lawyer and Senior Counsel, Shanmugam’s defence is classic legal positivism:
Legal elite logic vs. political integrity perception.

2. His core defence is absurd:
Even if I hid the buyer, used a trust, completed a rushed sale, and have the right not to disclose — none of this affects public interest.
He insisted: concealing the buyer in the property sale did not harm public interest.

The author seems to have things a bit mixed up. Shan is the claimant—he does not need to defend anything; that responsibility lies with Bloomberg.

In court, arguments are based on the applicable legal provisions, not politics. If Shan succeeds, he receives compensation. In the political arena, however, if the author’s claims are valid, then Shan may face political consequences. These are simply different arenas with different rules.​