INTERVIEW: We have no interest in being a money-laundering country - Lee Hsien Loong

Business Standard, 13 Jul 2012
BS: There are concerns in some sections here that Singapore is a hub for black money. What are your thoughts on this?

Lee: We have no interest in being a money-laundering country. We are a financial centre in good standing, having good cooperation with other financial centres and regulators, good exchange of information of OECD standards. Why should we want to do this shady business? Between India and Singapore we have a DTAA (Double Taxation Avoidance ALinkgreement), negotiated back in 2005. It provides for rules for tax treatment of investments in India by Singapore companies or companies based in Singapore and to make sure that these are bona fide and not just shell companies. There are also stringent LOB (limitation of benefits). So, I do not think shady money wants to come to Singapore. I think shady money will go somewhere else. Full interview

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