SINGAPORE - Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam on Monday said allegations that his son was involved in contracts to renovate state-owned black and white bungalows at No. 26 and No. 31 Ridout Road are “utterly false and defamatory”.
Refuting claims that home interior and renovation company Livspace - where his son Ravindran has worked since 2019 - had been awarded contracts by the Singapore Land Authority (SLA), Mr Shanmugam said these were “attacks” on himself and his family.
“Do these people really believe that CPIB (Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau) would not have found this out, if it were true?” he told the House after Ms Nadia Samdin (Ang Mo Kio GRC) asked about the claims.
“I say to these people, you want to come after me, you come after me. I’m perfectly capable of defending myself... But leave my family alone,” Mr Shanmugam added, during a debate over the rental of black-and-white bungalows by himself, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan and their spouses.
Second Minister for Law Edwin Tong said checks done after the allegations had started to surface online over the weekend found that Livspace was not an appointed contractor for the two Ridout Road properties. The firm does not have any transactions with SLA.
Said Mr Tong: “The suggestion that Minister Shanmugam’s son, or his company Livspace, was appointed - and I think the sting of these allegations is that there’s a preference given to this - is completely scurrilous and unwarranted.”
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