Ng Chee Meng met Fujian gang member Su Haijin at engagement session, had no further interactions

Pictures of Health Minister Ong Ye Kung and Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat with Su were also posted online by Yeo.

Earlier on Tuesday, the ministers’ press secretaries said the ministers do not know Su personally and have no dealings with him.

“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 press secretaries said in a joint statement.

“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.”

FUJIAN GANG MEMBER

Su, a Cypriot national, was sentenced to 14 months’ jail in April last year. 

He was the man who jumped off a balcony during a raid in August 2023 to arrest suspects linked to Singapore’s largest money laundering case. 

In total, more than S$3 billion (US$2.2 billion) in assets have been seized or frozen in the case.

The 10 people arrested were reportedly part of the Fujian gang, an organised crime syndicate based in Fujian, China.

Fugitive lawyer and former Reform Party chairman Yeo fled Singapore after criminal charges were filed against him in August 2022.

He is currently out on bail in the UK, where he faces an extradition hearing after Singapore requested that he be sent back.