Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) chief Peter Lim Sin Pang, 51 and Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) director Ng Boon Gay, 44, have been removed from their posts and are being investigated by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB).
MHA on SCDF and CNB officers assisting in CPIB investigation
Taking into account the current status of the investigations, both will be interdicted from their duties with effect from Jan 25 2012, pending disciplinary proceedings.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has also decided to appoint Mr Eric Yap Wee Teck, 43 and Mr Ng Ser Song, 49, to assume command of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) respectively with effect from Feb 1 2012.
Singapore anti-drugs chief under investigation
Large-scale graft cases are rare in Singapore, a thriving global financial centre and business hub which enjoys a reputation for being the least corrupt country in Asia.
It pays its civil servants some of the highest government salaries in the world as a deterrent to corruption.
Singapore scores well in surveys on corruption.
Transparency International ranks the city-state at number 5 globally for clean government out of 183 countries and territories surveyed, well ahead of neighbouring Malaysia and Indonesia which ranked 60th and 100th, respectively.
Eugene Tan, a law lecturer at Singapore Management University, said the investigation of the two senior officials is a blow to the government, which boasts about the care taken when making senior appointments.
"But the fact that these probes are taking place also underlines the robustness and integrity of the system."
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