Corruption

JimDabell · on April 20, 2021

Singapore is one of the least corrupt countries in the world:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Singapore

pydry · on April 20, 2021

Accusations of high level corruption will see you bankrupted by libel lawsuits.

It's entirely possible that the ruling elite have nothing to hide but they hardly act like it.

ValentineC · on April 20, 2021

Singapore doesn't have much "corruption", but we have:

- the highest-paid politicians in the world [1];

- political offices with poorly-defined job scopes [2]; and

- a track record of installing PAP (the dominant party) members in government-linked positions if they somehow fail to win an election [3].

[1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/04/21/20-highest-p...

[2] https://mothership.sg/2021/02/pritam-singh-cdc-mayors/

[3] https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/ntuc-reaffirms-support...

fakedang · on April 20, 2021

Not to mention installing unqualified military generals in irrelevant posts.

anticodon · on April 20, 2021

I find it hard to believe that a country that was (or maybe is) a transportation hub for drugs and still is a money laundry for the SE Asia, can be free of corruption.

TedShiller · on April 20, 2021

If you believe that then you don’t know how the Singaporean government works