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Singapore Ministers Defend Colonial House Rents After Outcry

  • PM says ministers did nothing wrong, have his full confidence
  • Review found rents paid for properties at or above market
K. Shanmugam
K. ShanmugamPhotographer: Ore Huiying/Bloomberg
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The two Singapore cabinet ministers at the center of a rental probe over sprawling state-owned houses took to parliament on Monday to defend their conduct.

“I’m sorry that parliament’s time has been taken up to address these issues which arose out of a personal decision I made to rent a home,” Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam told lawmakers.