Shanmugam shuts down rumours of an affair with fellow MP, says someone impersonating his ex-wife also put up a “nasty, false post”

SINGAPORE: K Shanmugam was quick to shut down circulating rumours on Wednesday (Aug 16) night after an old blog post was shared claiming that he had an affair with fellow PAP MP.

Mr Shanmugam also said there was another post allegedly by his ex-wife Jothie Rajah, which was also false.

In a Facebook post, the Law and Home Affairs Minister wrote:

“[Alleged Affair with MP]
I have been told that an old post, fake news, is being recirculated – that I had an affair with an MP. False baseless allegations. Have asked my lawyers to look at it and am also considering other options”.

In a separate post, Mr Shanmugam wrote:

“[Alleged post by Jothie]
A person pretending to be my ex-wife Jothie, put up a nasty, false post, many years ago. Jothie didn’t write it and has told me that she didn’t write it. It was an imposter, making up the allegations. I had wanted to file a police report but eventually left it alone because the matter sort of died. I see that people are deliberately recirculating that post. This time I will file a police report.”