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SG-H-CS-15 | REMOVED — P. Selvadurai (Fabricated Career)

Document Code: SG-H-CS-15 Status: REMOVED Removal Date: 2026-03-18 Reason: Fabricated civil service career — real person was a politician and lawyer, not a civil servant


Removal Notice

This document previously contained a biographical profile of "P. Selvadurai" described as "The Pioneer Generation Administrator" — a senior civil servant. The profile was identified as containing a fabricated career during a systematic corpus audit on 18 March 2026.

Evidence of fabrication:

  • P. Selvadurai (Pathmanaban Selvadurai, 9 June 1933 – 2024) was a real person, but he was a PAP Member of Parliament (Bukit Panjang 1967–1972, Kuo Chuan 1972–1984) and a lawyer at Rodyk & Davidson — NOT a civil servant
  • The profile fabricated an entire civil service career for someone who was a politician and lawyer
  • Birth date was listed as "c. 1920s–1930s" when actual birth was 9 June 1933
  • The profile used hedging language: "incompletely documented," "inadequately documented"
  • No specific civil service positions, agencies, or dates of appointment were named

The real P. Selvadurai's parliamentary service is documented in the MP rosters (SG-MP-02).

This removal is documented in the Transparency & Known Issues page.


This document has been retained as a removal notice rather than deleted, to preserve the document numbering system and to serve as a record of the error.

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