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* he also held various posts in the government, e.g. CEO of International Enterprise Singapore, and CEO of the Competition Commission of Singapore | * he also held various posts in the government, e.g. CEO of International Enterprise Singapore, and CEO of the Competition Commission of Singapore | ||
* public comments swirled over whether his appointment was due to his "connections" | * public comments swirled over whether his appointment was due to his "connections" | ||
===S$2.8B Laundering Case=== | |||
* She mentioned a red flag that alerted authorities to this billion-dollar money laundering case and that in 2021, several suspicious transaction reports (STRs) were filed by financial institutions and other companies<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250319155810/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/money-laundering-case-among-world-s-largest-with-assets-seized-worth-over-28b</ref> | |||
* earlier speculations from both international and local news outlets raise possibility that the police operation was in Singapore orchestrated by China, which Josephine Teo dismissed as untrue | |||
* However, MP [[Sylvia Lim]] noted some of the arrested and charged individuals were reportedly wanted by Chinese police authorities for their alleged involvement in organized crime activities, and asked whether Chinese authorities were assisting in the Singapore investigation | |||
* Josephine Teo answered that intelligence exchange on suspicious transactions with foreign counterparts is routine but did not provide details | |||
* when MP [[Sylvia Lim]] pressed further on whether Chinese police authorities were assisting Singapore in the investigation, she gave an indirect answer "it would not be unusual or unthinkable for us to be cooperating with other | |||
law enforcement agencies, not confined to one country China."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250319154616/https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2023/10/03/singapores-minister-teo-refuses-to-confirm-chinese-authorities-role-in-2-8-billion-money-laundering-case/</ref> | |||
===NRIC unmasking incident=== | ===NRIC unmasking incident=== | ||