SINGAPORE: There is no conflict of interest between Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam's candidacy in the Presidential Election and his son's current job in the Ministry of Finance , the ministry and the Public Service Commission Secretariat said on Wednesday .
These posts circulated screenshots from the Singapore Government Directory of a Finance Ministry officer, Mr Akilan Shanmugaratnam. The images also showed his previous posting in the MOF Reserves and Investment Directorate as well as information on him being the son of Mr Tharman."He is currently working on education and manpower policies in the Social Programmes directorate.
The statement said that Mr Akilan was previously in the Reserves and Investment Directorate at MOF, and that no conflict of interest occurred when he worked there.