Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said July 12 that he has instructed the country's transport minister S. Iswaran to go on leave after he was implicated in an anti-graft agency investigation. SINGAPORE — Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has asked the country's transport minister to go on leave after he was implicated in an anti-graft agency investigation. "I have instructed Minister Iswaran to take leave of absence until these investigations are completed," Lee said, without elaborating on the specifics of the case. Senior Minister of State Chee Hong Tat will be acting minister for transport, Lee added. The announcement comes weeks after a state review on allegations made against two other cabinet ministers regarding their rental of government-owned colonial bungalows.

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Persons: Lee Hsien Loong, Iswaran, Lee, State Chee Hong, Shanmugam, Vivian Balakrishnan Organizations: Singapore's, SINGAPORE — Singapore's, State, Law, Home Affairs Minister, Singapore Locations: SINGAPORE