Rupert Murdoch: Ministers’ high pay in Singapore avoids corruption

"It is the cleanest society you'd find anywhere," said the media mogul.

A Reuters report quoted Rupert Murdoch as saying while giving evidence to a parliamentary committee, "If you look at the most open and clear society in the world which is Singapore, where every minister gets a million dollars a year and the prime minister a lot more, there's no temptation."

It was said to be a dig at British lawmakers who were recently embroiled in a corruption scandal over false expense claims that resulted in several receiving jail sentences. “In contrast, no politician in Singapore, a former British colony, has been charged with corruption in the last 20 years,” added the report.

Changes loom, though, as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has set up a committee to review ministerial pay in Singapore.

View the report here.

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