Because Sham is a senior Minister in the cabinet of Singapore, any sale of his assets of such a large magnitude must appear to be clean and transparent. He must be prepared to disclose voluntarily the following:
1) This is an arms length transaction between buyer and seller who have no previous knowledge of each other
2) The buyer must agree to disclosure of his or her name and not hide behind a trust or company or nominee
3) Given that all govts in the world are fighting money laundering now, and given that Singapore is in the midst of serious money laundering cases, the Law Minister himself should must disclose what measures he took to ensure that this is not a case of someone trying to launder his money by paying a high valuation for the Minister's house
4) The Minister should disclose the independent appraisal used by the bank to show the valuation of his house, including comparables of similar recently sold bungalows. In other words, if the bank valuation is $50 million, the seller paid $88 million, we have a problem.