New Auditor-General is wife of Senior Minister of State for Defence, but Chan Chun Sing refutes conflict of interest

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New Auditor-General is wife of Senior Minister of State for Defence, but Chan Chun Sing refutes conflict of interest
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He explained that people who are in political office positions have nothing to do with the Auditor-General’s Office (AGO)’s audit process.

or-General Goh Soon Poh, despite the fact that she’s married to the Senior Minister of State for Defence.

The Minister-in-charge of the Public Service’s clarification came as an answer to Workers’ Party Member of Parliament Sylvia Lim, who had asked for confirmation that Ms Goh is the wife of Mr Heng. Ms Goh, aged 56, served as the deputy secretary at the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Prime Minister’s Office .

Ms Lim also asked if Ms Goh’s appointment would influence how the public sees the AGO’s independence., it audits “government ministries and departments, organs of state, statutory boards, government funds and other public authorities and bodies administering public funds , e.g. government-owned companies.”

He said, “The audit process generally does not involve political office-holders. There is no conflict of interest generally, between AGO and the ministries it audits.

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