In hot water over dinners

PICTURES of Singaporean ministers and a ruling party lawmaker together at dinners that included a man convicted in a high-profile US$2.2bil money laundering case have caused a stir in the city-state, where there has been increased public scrutiny of the government’s clean image.

The photos shared widely on social media showed Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung and lawmaker and former Education Minister Ng Chee Meng at dinners with Cypriot national Su Haijin, who was jailed last year in one of the biggest cases of its kind in Singapore.