Singapore ministers Ong Ye Kung, Chee Hong Tat deny dealings with criminal Su Haijin

Photos circulated online showed the ministers at dinners with Su Haijin, who was later convicted in a massive money laundering case

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Singapore ministers Ong Ye Kung (left) and Chee Hong Tat. Photos: Facebook

Published: 10:50am, 6 May 2025Updated: 3:30pm, 6 May 2025

Singapore’s Health Minister Ong Ye Kung and Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat do not know convicted money launderer Su Haijin personally and have no dealings with him, their press secretaries have said.

Pictures of the ministers with Su were posted online by former Reform Party chairman Charles Yeo. Su is one of the 10 people convicted in last year’s multibillion-dollar money laundering case.

A photo circulated on social media shows Su Haijin (back row, far left) and Ong Ye Kung (back row, fourth from left) at an event. Photo: Instagram/toxicstatenarrativeinsg

“There are some photos circulating, in which Ministers Ong Ye Kung and Chee Hong Tat were pictured at dinners where Fujian gang member Su Haijin, was also present,” the ministers’ press secretaries said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

“As ministers, they meet a diverse range of people at various events and gatherings. They attended the dinners at the invitation of a friend, and Su happened to be there. Minister Ong recalls that months later, at another dinner, Su happened to be there too.”

A photo circulated on social media shows Su Haijin (back row, far left) and Chee Hong Tat (front row, far right) at an event. Photo: Instagram/toxicstatenarrativeinsg

They said the ministers did not know Su personally and had had no contact or dealings with him, before or since these occasions.

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