SINGAPORE, July 4 — Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam has called online allegations that a company headed by his son was preferentially awarded a contract for renovation...
SINGAPORE, July 4 — Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam has called online allegations that a company headed by his son was preferentially awarded a contract for renovation works at his Ridout Road rental property “utterly false and defamatory”.on Monday , Mr Shanmugam added: “I say to these people — you want to come after me, you come after me. I’m perfectly capable of defending myself and they will find out that I will defend myself. But leave my family alone.
“I would also appreciate particularly if the minister can address allegations that the contracts for works relating to the properties were awarded to a firm of which Minister Shanmugam’s son serves as CEO called Livspace,” she said.The Ricebowl SingaporeMs Nadia’s question was directed at Second Minister for Law Edwin Tong, who responded that the allegations relating to Mr Shanmugam’s son were “scurrilous and unwarranted”.
“And in this case, what happened was we put out an open tender and a term contractor was then appointed to carry out the works,” he said.
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