Three Singapore officials have issued lawyers’ letters to a Facebook user for posts about their alleged connections to convicted money launderer Su Haijin.
Ministers Demand Apology for “Baseless” Allegations About Su Haijin Connection
Health Minister Ong Ye Kung and Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat sent lawyers’ letters to Sng Chia Huat, who goes by “Rich Sng” on Facebook, according to a joint statement released by their press secretaries on 12 May 2025.
The Facebook user published posts claiming the ministers knew that Su, a Fujian gang member, had broken laws but chose to condone it.
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Sng also alleged the ministers pretended not to know Su, were involved in or susceptible to corruption, and are part of a system that protects criminals.
“These allegations are baseless and are false,” the joint statement read.
Both ministers stated they do not know Su personally and did not have any contact with him before or after the dinners where they were photographed together.
The ministers have asked Sng to apologize, withdraw his allegations, and pay damages by 16 May 2025.
The damages will be donated to charity.
If Sng fails to comply, the ministers will sue him to “clear their names against the false allegations, and uphold the clean and honest reputation of the government,” the statement added.
Su was one of 10 people convicted in a billion-dollar money laundering case last year.
The Cypriot national received a 14-month jail sentence in April 2024.
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NTUC Secretary-General Refutes Claims Following Dinner Photo
Labour chief Ng Chee Meng, who was recently elected as Member of Parliament for Jalan Kayu SMC, also issued a lawyer’s letter to the same Facebook user on 12 May 2025.
Ng described the posts about him as “false, misleading and defamatory.”
A photograph showing Ng with Su at a dinner on 1 May 2021 has circulated online.
Ng explained that as secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress, he engages with different companies and private sector leaders at various functions.
“At these engagements, people would often approach me for photographs. This dinner was one such engagement,” Ng stated.
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He added that he learned later about the police investigations and subsequent criminal charges against Su.
Ng has demanded Sng withdraw the false allegations and apologize by 16 May 2025.
He has also asked Sng to propose an amount of damages, which he will donate to charity.
Singaporean businessman Sam Goi, known as the “Popiah King,” told Bloomberg that he organized and paid for the meals the ministers and Ng attended.
Former manpower minister Lim Swee Say, who appeared in one photograph alongside Ong and Su, described the event as a “social gathering among old friends” on 10 May 2022.
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Lim said Su was the only person he did not recognize at the gathering, and he had no contact with Su afterward.
Goi later clarified that the group sizes at these private dinners complied with the COVID-19 safe management measures in place at that time.
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