Falsehoods

Mr Goh Meng Seng made Facebook posts on 26 March 2024 containing the falsehood that Mr David Lum Kok Seng’s company was awarded a “huge contract” from the Land Transport Authority (“LTA”) when Mr S. Iswaran was the Minister for Transport, and charged with responsibility over LTA. The post was published on two Facebook pages: “Goh Meng Seng” and “Goh Meng Seng People’s Power Party”.

Clarifications

• The claim is false. Mr S Iswaran was appointed as Minister for Transport from 15 May 2021 to 17 January 2024, and thus charged with responsibility over the LTA. Throughout this period, LTA did not award any contract to any of Mr David Lum Kok Seng’s companies. 

• One of Mr David Lum Kok Seng’s companies, Lum Chang Building Contractors Pte Ltd, has two ongoing projects with the LTA – Addition and Alteration Works to Existing Tanah Merah Station and Existing Viaducts; and the construction of North-South Corridor (Tunnel) between Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 and Ang Mo Kio Ave 9. The contracts for these projects were awarded in October 2016 and December 2018 respectively, before Mr S Iswaran was appointed as Minister for Transport (and thus charged with the responsibility over LTA). LTA has not awarded any contract to Lum Chang Building Contractors Pte Ltd since 2019.

Advisory

The Minister for Transport has instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) Office to issue a Correction Direction to Goh Meng Seng. The Correction Direction requires the recipients to insert a notice against the original post, with a link to the Government’s clarification. We advise members of the public not to speculate and/or spread unverified rumours.