"Singapore Minister Quits After Biggest Graft Case Since 1986"

This ain't Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore any more.*

Times change, headlines change.

From Bloomberg, January 18:

• Iswaran rejects allegations, will focus on clearing his name
• Prosecutors will take decision on businessman Ong later

Singapore’s Transport Minister S. Iswaran resigned after being charged with corruption in the biggest political scandal in almost four decades, which has cast a pall on the city-state known for clean governance.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong accepted Iswaran’s resignation as a cabinet minister and lawmaker, according to a statement from Lee’s office. Iswaran, who’s out on bail, rejected the 27 charges against him, including allegedly obtaining tickets to musicals and soccer matches in the UK. 

“I am determined to uphold the integrity of the party and the government, and our reputation for honesty and incorruptibility,” Lee said in the statement, referring to the ruling People’s Action Party. “Singaporeans expect no less.”

Iswaran, 61, is the first key minister to get embroiled in a graft probe since 1986 when then-Minister for National Development Teh Cheang Wan was investigated for accepting bribes. Teh denied receiving the money and died before he could be formally charged....

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*The 1986 scandal occurred during PM LKY's seventh term. It did not stop him from his eighth term as Prime minister a couple years later.