Circumstances change and someone who was once a pillar of integrity can go off the rails for a variety of reasons... failed relationships, health issues and so on.
It's one person and he is being dealt with. No system guarantees that everyone is perfect. What is far more important is the fact that once his misdeeds came to light, he was dealt with accordingly.
The way the Singapore government deals with corruption within its own ranks reinforces my faith in the system. Well done Mr Lee. I am proud of you and I'm sure the majority of Singaporeans share my view.
Sam, stop making hollow excuses for the public institutions of a country which you don't live in anymore. There had been many fails lately, from sex corruption cases, to murder case, and the now fraud in of all places CPIB, all these have taken its toll on people's confidence in our public institutions.
One has to be either mentally defective or monumentally daft to continue to have unquestioned faith and unreserved praises for the government in the light of so many fails. No matter who is governing the country, we owe it to our future generations to be skeptical and question everything.
Sam, it is well known that you don't live here, why should it matter to you? And why should people even buy what you say?