In response to media queries on the recent announcement by the Maldives on the appointment of retired High Court Judge G P Selvam to the Co-Chair of the Commission of National Inquiry in the Maldives, the MFA Spokesman said:
"The Government of Maldives and the Commonwealth Secretariat made direct approaches to some retired Singapore judges to co-chair the Commission of National Inquiry. The Singapore Government was not in any way involved in the appointment of retired High Court Judge G P Selvam as Co-Chair of the Commission of National Inquiry in the Maldives. It was Mr Selvam's personal decision to accept the appointment by the Government of Maldives."
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
18 JUNE 2012